From inequalities to vulnerability paradoxes: juxtaposing older adults’ heat mortality risk and heat experiences

Abstract Background Increasing temperatures across the globe, including in Europe, pose one of the biggest threats to human health and wellbeing. Different kinds of inequalities, determined by age, sex/gender, isolation, socio-economic status, occupation, living in the city, and health situation, cr...

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Published in:	Environmental Health
Main Authors:	Małgorzata Wrotek, Iulia Marginean, Zofia Boni, Franciszek Chwałczyk, Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Coral Salvador, Barbara Jancewicz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-04-01
Subjects:	Vulnerability Paradox Inequalities Climate change Heat waves Heat mortality
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01179-2

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