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Michael M. O Seipel, Hypothermia as a Threat to the Elderly, Health & Social Work, Volume 11, Issue 4, Fall 1986, Pages 286–290, https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/11.4.286
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Abstract
Because of high fuel costs and the aging of the population, more people than ever before in the United States are potential victims of accidental hypothermia. By mounting public awareness campaigns and other coordinated efforts, social workers and other concerned groups can do much to avert preventable deaths among the elderly from this public health threat.
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