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Rising injuries in a hotter climate

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A statistical model based on an analysis of routinely collected data from 1980 to 2017 predicts 1,601 excess injury deaths per year in the contiguous USA if average temperatures rise by 1.5 °C.

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  1. Section of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Shanthi Ameratunga & Alistair Woodward

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Correspondence to Shanthi Ameratunga.

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Ameratunga, S., Woodward, A. Rising injuries in a hotter climate. Nat Med 26, 22–23 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0728-4

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