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Heatwave Risk

Heatwave Risk is a natural hazard risk that specifically refers to the potential for prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures to cause adverse impacts on human health, ecosystems, and infrastructure, distinguished by its dependence on duration, intensity, and societal vulnerability to extreme heat conditions.

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36.5K

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1.5K

Authors

637

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2017–2026

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Publications

360

Human contribution to the European heatwave of 2003

Peter A. Stott, Dáithí A. Stone, Myles Allen · Nature · 2004 · 1.7K citations

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Heat-Related Deaths during the July 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago

Jan C. Semenza, Carol H. Rubin, Kenneth H. Falter et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Heat wave: a social autopsy of disaster in Chicago

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 1.3K citations

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Heat Waves in the United States: Mortality Risk during Heat Waves and Effect Modification by Heat Wave Characteristics in 43 U.S. Communities

G. Brooke Anderson, Michelle L. Bell · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2010 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Excess mortality related to the August 2003 heat wave in France

Anne Fouillet, Grégoire Rey, F Laurent et al. · International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health · 2006 · 1K citations · Full text

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  1. PB
    Peng Bi

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    12 publications · 968 citations

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  2. ST
    Shilu Tong

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

    12

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  3. JD
    Julio Díaz

    Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain

    11 publications · 952 citations

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  4. CL
    Cristina Linares

    Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain

    10 publications · 663 citations

    10

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  5. YG
    Yuming Guo

    Monash University, Australia

    9 publications · 879 citations

    9

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Institutions

637

  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    34 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    15 h-index

    45 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Queensland University of Technology

    Brisbane, Australia

    14 h-index

    48 publications

    4.1K citations

  4. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    14 h-index

    50 publications

    4K citations

  5. Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    47 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Instituto de Salud Carlos III

    Madrid, Spain

    10 h-index

    28 publications

    2K citations

  8. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.5K citations

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Venues

  1. The Science of The Total Environment

    19 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Environmental Research

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. International Journal of Biometeorology

    15 publications · 874 citations

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  5. Environment International

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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