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dmlorenzetti · 2010-04-07 · Original thread
This is not just in Japan. During heat waves, as observed for example in France (http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5006569197) and Chicago (http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Wave-Autopsy-Disaster-Illinois/dp...), death tends to strike the socially isolated.

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