Spatial Variability in the Effect of High Ambient Temperature on Mortality: An Analysis at Municipality Level within the Greater Athens Area

Spatial Variability in the Effect of High Ambient Temperature on Mortality: An Analysis at Municipality Level within the Greater Athens Area

Spatial variability in temperature exists within metropolitan areas but very few studies have investigated intra-urban differentiation in the temperature-mortality effects. We investigated whether local characteristics of 42 Municipalities within the Greater Athens Area lead to modified temperature...

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Main Authors: Sofia Zafeiratou, Antonis Analitis, Dimitra Founda, Christos Giannakopoulos, Konstantinos V. Varotsos, Panagiotis Sismanidis, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Klea Katsouyanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
heat-mortality association
intra-city variability
effect modifiers
socioeconomic modifiers
environmental modifiers
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/19/3689

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