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<journal-id>0120-5552</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Salud Uninorte]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Salud, Barranquilla]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-5552</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fundación Universidad del Norte, División de Ciencias de la]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-55522019000300440</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El índice de calor: un factor de alerta temprana en salud pública y ciudades sostenibles]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The heat index: an early warning factor in public health and sustainable cities]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[SALAZAR-CEBALLOS]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[ALEXANDER]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ÁLVAREZ-MIÑO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LÍDICE]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Magdalena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Magdalena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>440</fpage>
<lpage>449</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-55522019000300440&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-55522019000300440&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-55522019000300440&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible busca un equilibrio entre el desarrollo, el medio ambiente y la salud pública. Y el índice de calor es una herramienta de alerta temprana en la reducción de la mortalidad cardiovascular, y contribuye en la disminución de las islas de calor urbano y el diseño de ciudades sostenibles.  Objetivo: El objetivo de este trabajo fue observar el comportamiento de la temperatura, de la humedad relativa y el índice de calor en tres ciudades del Caribe colombiano: Barranquilla, Cartagena y Santa Marta, entre 1972 y 2017.  Materiales y métodos: Los datos fueron obtenidos del Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales. Se obtuvo una imagen de Santa Marta a partir del satélite Landsat 8 con el filtro de color infrarrojo para diferenciar la vegetación y áreas densamente pobladas.  Resultados: Se observó un aumento de la temperatura media anual y el índice de calor en el período de estudio; Santa Marta presentó los valores más altos. En la imagen satelital se observó que Santa Marta presenta una gran densidad poblacional con poca vegetación.  Conclusión: El índice de calor es una herramienta que se debe considerar en la medición de ciudades sostenibles.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals seeks a balance between development, the environment and public health. And the heat index is an early warning tool in reducing cardiovascular mortality contributing to the decrease of urban heat islands and the design of sustainable cities. Tis index is also increased by the decrease in vegetation.  Objective: The objective of the present work was to observe the behavior of temperature, relative humidity and the heat index in three cities of the Colombian Caribbean: Barranquilla, Cartagena and Santa Marta, between 1972 and 2017.  Methods: The data was obtained from the Instituto de Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies. An image of Santa Marta was obtained from the Landsat 8 satellite with the infrared color filter to differentiate vegetation and densely populated areas.  Results: Tere was an increase in the annual average temperature and the heat index in the study period; Santa Marta presented the highest values. In the satellite image it was observed that Santa Marta has a high population density with little vegetation.  Conclusion: The heat index is a tool to consider in the measurement of sustainable cities.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[salud pública]]></kwd>
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