Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 1 , Pages 37-38 , January 2010

Aspects to be considered in extreme-temperature prevention plans in the light of new research

  • J.C. Montero

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Consejería de Salud y Bienestar Social de Castilla-La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
    • ,
  • C. Linares

      Affiliations

    • Área de Epidemiología ambiental y Cáncer, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • I.J. Mirón

      Affiliations

    • Distrito de Salud de Torrijos, Consejería de Salud y Bienestar Social de Castilla-La Mancha, Torrijos, Toledo, Spain
    • ,
  • J.J. Criado

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha, SESCAM, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
    • ,
  • J. Díaz

      Affiliations

    • Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029 Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 91 822 22 02; fax: +34 91 387 78 62.

Received 24 April 2009 ,Revised 19 November 2009 ,Accepted 25 November 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00363-1

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.11.010

Public Health
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