Health Check: how can extreme heat lead to death?
- Written by David Shearman, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Our climate is becoming hotter. This is our reality. Extreme heat is already responsible for hundreds of deaths every year. It’s a big environmental killer, and deaths from heatwaves in Australian cities are expected to double i...
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