Mortality attributable to hot and cold ambient temperatures in India: a nationally representative case-crossover study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most of the epidemiological studies that have examined the detrimental effects of ambient hot and cold temperatures on human health have been conducted in high-income countries. In India, the limited evidence on temperature and health risks has focused mostly on the effects of heat waves and has mostly been from small scale studies. Here, we quantify heat and cold effects on mortality in India using a nationally representative study of the causes of death and daily temperature data for 2001-2013.

Methods and findings

We applied distributed-lag nonlinear models with case-crossover models to assess the effects of heat and cold on all medical causes of death for all ages from birth (n = 411,613) as well as on stroke (n = 19,753), ischaemic heart disease (IHD) (n = 40

SUBMITTER: Fu SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057641 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature