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Mapping Community Determinants of Heat Vulnerability

Environmental Health Perspectives · 2009 · Vol. 117(11) · pp. 1730–1736

Colleen E. Reid✉(Berkeley Public Health Division)Marie S. O’Neill(Center for Environmental Health)Carina J. Gronlund(University of Michigan)Shannon J. Brines(University of Michigan)Daniel G. Brown(University of Michigan)Ana V. Diez–Roux(University of Michigan)Joel Schwartz(Harvard University)

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Abstract

These methods provide a template for making local and regional heat vulnerability maps. After validation using health outcome data, interventions can be targeted at the most vulnerable populations.

Climate Change and Health Impacts Air Quality and Health Impacts Health disparities and outcomesVulnerability (computing)GeographyVulnerability indexCensusEnvironmental healthPopulationSocioeconomicsClimate changeMedicineEcology

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AgedAir ConditioningDiabetes MellitusFactor Analysis, StatisticalHumansRisk FactorsSocial IsolationSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesPrevalenceHeat Stress DisordersVulnerable PopulationsGeographic Information SystemsExtreme Heat

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