Temporal and seasonal variations of mortality burden associated with hourly temperature variability: A nationwide investigation in England and Wales

Background: Sudden temperature change may elevate short-term mortality and remains an important global health threat in the context of climate change. To date, however, little available temperature-mortality evidence has taken into account both intra- and inter-day temperature variability (TV), thus...

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Main Authors: Yunquan Zhang, Yong Yu, Minjin Peng, Runtang Meng, Kejia Hu, Chuanhua Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412017321086