Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicommunity Study

Conclusions:
Results indicate that high temperatures create a substantial health burden, and effects of high temperatures over consecutive days are similar to what would be experienced if high temperature days occurred independently. People living in moderate cold and moderate hot areas are more sensitive to heat waves than those living in cold and hot areas. Daily mean and maximum temperatures had similar ability to define heat waves rather than minimum temperature. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1026

Received: 26 August 2016
Revised: 20 March 2017
Accepted: 31 March 2017
Published: 14 August 2017
Address correspondence to Y. Guo, Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Room 217, 553 St Kilda Rd., Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Phone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1026).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - August 14, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research