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Association of mortality with high temperatures in a temperate climate: England and Wales

Author(s) -

Ben Armstrong,

Zaid Chalabi,

Bridget Fenn,

Shakoor Hajat,

Sari Kovats,

Ai Milojevic,

Paul Wilkinson

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of epidemiology and community health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1470-2738

pISSN - 0143-005X

DOI - 10.1136/jech.2009.093161

Subject(s) - temperate climate , climate change , mean radiant temperature , linear regression , demography , medicine , climatology , apparent temperature , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , physical geography , meteorology , ecology , geography , statistics , mathematics , sociology , biology , geology , relative humidity

It is well known that high ambient temperatures are associated with increased mortality, even in temperate climates, but some important details are unclear. In particular, how heat-mortality associations (for example, slopes and thresholds) vary by climate has previously been considered only qualitatively.

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