Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, MulticommunityStudy

Authors

Y. Guo, University of Queensland, Australia
A. Gasparrini, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
B.G. Armstrong, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
B Tawatsupa, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
A. Tobias, IDAEA-CSIC
E. Lavinge, University of Ottawa
M. de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, University of Sao Paolo
X. Pan, Peking University
H. Kim, Seoul National University
M. Hashizume, Nagasaki University
Y. Honda, University of Tsukuba
Y. Leon Guo, National Health Research Institutes Taiwan
C. Wu, National Taiwan University
A. Zanobetti, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
J. D. Schwartz, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
M. L. Bell, Yale University
M. Scortichini, Lazio Regional Health Service
P. Michelozzi, The University of Hong Kong
K. Punnasiri, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
S. Li, University of Queensland
L. Tian, University of Hong Kong
S. D. Osorio Garcia, University of Sao Paulo
X. Seposo, University of Tsukuba
A. Overcenco, Laboratory of Management in Public Health
A. Zeka, Brunel University
P. J. Goodman, Technological University DublinFollow
T. N. Dang, University of Tsukuba
D. V. Dung, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
F. Mayvaneh, University of Hakim Sabzevari
P. H. Nascimento Saldiva, University of Sao Paulo
G. Williams, University of Queensland
S. Tong, Queensland University of Technology

Document Type

Article

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Publication Details

Environmental Health Perspective, Vol. 125, No. 8, August 2017.

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

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