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Identifying and Modeling Spatial Patterns of Heat-Related Illness in New York City
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This paper describes the spatial pattern of New York City (NYC) heat-related emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in planning for and response to… read more… a severe 10-day heat wave during which 46 people died of heat stroke. However, the number of people who died of other causes due to the heat and the overall burden of heat-related … from the NYC Fire Department to DOHMH and include all medical 911 calls coded into 52 broad call-types. ED …