Heat-Related Death and Mental Illness During the 1999 Cincinnati Heat Wave

@article{Kaiser2001HeatRelatedDA,
  title={Heat-Related Death and Mental Illness During the 1999 Cincinnati Heat Wave},
  author={Reinhard Kaiser and Carol H. Rubin and Alden Henderson and Mitchell I. Wolfe and Stephanie Kieszak and Carl L. Parrott and M P Adcock},
  journal={The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology},
  year={2001},
  volume={22},
  pages={303-307},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:36228941}
}
Systematic death investigations, including toxicologic screening, provide valuable information about the circumstances of heat-related death, particularly the role of medication compliance as a risk factor.
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