Do biometeorological indices improve modeling outcomes of heat-related mortality?

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

• Publication date

  2011-06-29

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/2011JAMC2632.1
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