The search strategy consisted of:
- 1
A literature search to provide an overview of the health effects of hot weather and risk factors.
- 2
An internet search to establish what heat-protection advice is provided by public health authorities and other agencies.
- 3
A literature search to review the evidence base of the guidance identified in (2).
For (1) and (3), we searched PubMed, Embase, Geobase, and Desastres for reports in English or French using the combinations of MeSH terms “weather”