Spatio-Temporal Mechanism Underlying the Effect of Urban Heat Island on Cardiovascular Diseases

Spatio-Temporal Mechanism Underlying the Effect of Urban Heat Island on Cardiovascular Diseases

Background: We explored the spatio-temporal characteristics of urban heat island (UHI) effect on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Methods: The land surface temperatures (LST) were retrieved from four Landsat remote-sensing images’ data, the temperature data from 95 meteorological stations, and an...

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Main Authors: ChunHuan HUANG, Xin DENG, Hailin YANG, Xinhui ZHOU, Qi JIA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Urban heat island;
Cardiovascular disease;
Landscape pattern;
Spatio-temporal characteristic
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/21122

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