The inter-annual variability of heat-related mortality in nine European cities (1990-2010).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between heat and daily mortality and its temporal variation are well known. However, few studies have analyzed the inter-annual variations in both the risk estimates and impacts of heat. The aim is to estimate inter-annual variations in the effect of heat for a fixed temperature range, on mortality in 9 European cities included in the PHASE (Public Health Adaptation Strategies to Extreme weather events) project for the period 1990-2010. The second aim is to evaluate overall summer effects and heat-attributable deaths for each year included in the study period, considering the entire air temperature range (both mild and extreme temperatures).

Methods

A city-specific daily time-series analysis was performed, using a generalized additive Poisson regre

SUBMITTER: Scortichini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6083580 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature