Document Type
Article
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Abstract
Heat waves of all definitions had significant cumulative associations with mortality in all countries, but varied by community. The higher the temperature threshold used to define heat waves, the higher heat wave associations on mortality. However, heat wave duration did not modify the impacts. The association between heat waves and mortality appeared acutely and lasted for 3 and 4 d. Heat waves had higher associations with mortality in moderate cold and moderate hot areas than cold and hot areas. There were no added effects of heat waves on mortality in all countries/regions, except for Brazil, Moldova, and Taiwan. Heat waves defined by daily mean and maximum temperatures produced similar heat wave–mortality associations, but not daily minimum temperature.
DOI
10.1289/EHP1026
Recommended Citation
Goodman, P., Guo, Y. & Armstrong, B.G. (2017). Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicommunity Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 25, no. 8. doi:10.1289/EHP1026
Publication Details
Environmental Health Perspective, Vol. 125, No. 8, August 2017.