In the article, "Heat-Related Illnesses and Death --- Missouri, 1998, and
United States 1979--1996," on page 471, the legend below Figure 1 should read:
†Underlying cause of death attributed to excessive heat exposure classified according to
the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision, as code E900.0, "due to weather conditions," code E900.1, "of manmade origin," or code E900.9,
"of unspecified origin."
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