Heatwave and health events: A systematic evaluation of different temperature indicators, heatwave intensities and durations

Temperature observation time and type influenced the assessment of heat impact on mortality, and different health events may have different temperature thresholds beyond which these health events increase substantially. This study aimed to investigate whether temperature observation time and type in...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2018-07, Vol.630, p.679-689
Main Authors: Xu, Zhiwei, Cheng, Jian, Hu, Wenbiao, Tong, Shilu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
air temperature
Australia
early warning systems
heat
Heatwave duration
Heatwave intensity
model validation
Morbidity
mortality
prediction
Temperature indicator
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