TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Heat-related mortality during a 1999 heat wave in Chicago
JO  - American journal of preventive medicine
A1  - Naughton, M. P.
A1  - Henderson, Antonia J. Z.
A1  - Mirabelli, M. C.
A1  - Kaiser, R.
A1  - Wilhelm, JL
A1  - Kieszak, SM
A1  - Rubin, Carol H.
A1  - McGeehin, Michael A.
SP  - 221
EP  - 227
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: During the summer of 1999, Chicago's second deadliest heat wave of the decade resulted in at least 80 deaths. The high mortality, exceeded only by a 1995 heat wave, provided the opportunity to investigate the risks associated with heat-related deaths and to examine the effectiveness of targeted heat-relieving interventions. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study to determine risk factors for heat-related death. We collected demographic, health, and behavior information for 63 case patients and 77 neighborhood-and-age-matched control subjects and generated odds ratios (ORs) for each potential risk factor.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0749-3797
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -