Cardiovascular morbidity risk attributable to thermal stress: analysis of emergency ambulance dispatch data from Shenzhen, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change has raised scientific interest in examining the associations of weather conditions with adverse health effects, while most studies determined human thermal stress using ambient air temperature rather than the thermophysiological index.

Objectives

To evaluate the association between emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) related to cardiovascular causes and heat/cold stress in Shenzhen, a city in southern China, with the aim of providing new insights for local policymakers.

Methods

A time series analysis using ambulance dispatch data of cardiovascular diseases in Shenzhen, China (2013-2019) was conducted. A quasi-Poisson nonlinear distributed lag model was applied to explore the relationship between emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) due to

SUBMITTER: Jingesi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11488127 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature