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Geographical Analysis of Heat-Related Illnesses Detected by RODS in Houston, Texas
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Heat surveillance in Houston is currently limited to mortality reports from the medical examiners office. A possible source of heat related morbidity is the Houston Real-time Outbreak Disease Surveillance (RODS) system. The RODS… read more… the phrases, “heat” and “sun”, were searched and included all entries from January 1, 2005 until June 22, 2008. The … were extracted from RODS. This limited number may be due to highly specific terms and the exclusion of non heat- …