Longer-Term Impact of Highand Low Temperature on Mortality: An International Study to Clarify Length of Mortality Displacement

Authors

Ben Armstrong, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Michelle Bell, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,Yale University
Patrick J. Goodman, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

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

Disciplines

1.5 EARTH AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Environmental sciences

Publication Details

Environmental Health Perspectives. October 27, Vol. 125, No. 10.

Abstract

In many places, daily mortality has been shown to increase after days with particularly high or low temperatures, but such daily time-series studies cannot identify whether such increases reflect substantial life shortening or short-term displacement of deaths (harvesting).

DOI

10.1289/EHP1756

Recommended Citation

Armstrong, B., Bell, M. & Goodman, P. (2017). Longer-Term Impact of Highand Low Temperature on Mortality: An International Study to Clarify Length of Mortality Displacement. Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 10. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 Oct 27;125(10):107009. doi: 10.1289/EHP1756.