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Order Form: Extreme Heat Events Guidelines: Technical Guide for Health Care Workers

Order Form: Extreme Heat Events Guidelines: Technical Guide for Health Care Workers

Published in 2011, The Guidelines are designed to provide a broad overview for health care workers and to facilitate linkages on common concerns and solutions regarding extreme heat. The Technical Guide provides current national and international research in a format designed to promote translation of global imperatives into evidence-based adaptations.

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