Excess hospital admissions during the Ju
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Jan C Semenza; Joel E McCullough; W.Dana Flanders; Michael A McGeehin; John R Lu
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This study describes medical conditions treated in all 47 non-VA hospitals in Cook County, IL during the 1995 heat wave. We characterize the underlying diseases of the susceptible population, with the goal of tailoring prevention efforts. ## Methods: Primary and secondary discharge diagnoses made