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Surveillance of Heat-Related Illness Among Pinal County Residents in Arizona
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Extreme heat events caused by high environmental temperatures are considered a major cause of weather-related deaths and injury in the United States. These events can result in a spectrum of conditions known as heat-related illnesses (HRIs), which… read more… incidents among Pinal County residents. Data from HDD, ESSENCE, and the interviews analyzed in 2017 helped support … information obtained from hospital discharge data and ESSENCE. Combining hospital discharge data, syndromic … admitted patients with a HRI were abstracted from HDD and ESSENCE. To assess HRI risk factors for the summer of 2017, …