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2026 · External reference
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2023 · External reference
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U.S. Bureau of labor statistics
2024 · External reference
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2025 · External reference
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2025 · External reference
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2019 · External reference
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2024 · External reference
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Occupational heat exposure incidence and sociodemographic disparities for outdoor workers in the United States, 2010–2019
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Widespread race and class disparities in surface urban heat extremes across the united states
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Housing hardship and energy insecurity among native-born and immigrant low-income families with children in the united states
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2023 · External reference
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10.1002/hec.4559 · 2022 · External reference
Racial disparities in prematurity persist among women of high socioeconomic status
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2023 · External reference
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Heat illness among north carolina latino farmworkers
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Los Angeles county heat action plan
2026 · External reference
Validating population estimates for harmonized census tract data, 2000–2010
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2022 · External reference
Heat-moderating effects of bus stop shelters and tree shade on public transport ridership
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