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Aug 2026
Extreme heat and risk of pediatric emergency department visits: a time-stratified time-series analysis.
BACKGROUND Children are vulnerable to heat, yet evidence on heat-related pediatric emergency department (ED) use in Germany remains limited. We quantified the acute short-term effects of extreme heat exposure on ED visits among children aged 0-18 years in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. METHODOLOGY We assessed short-term...
Charlie Hatfield, D. Wasike, Chelsea Williams Cleary et al.
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