Background We sought to determine if cold temperature and snowfall are independently
associated with stroke mortality, and whether effects differ between hemorrhagic and …

Heatstroke Surveillance Committee of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM)
collected the clinical data of 1,775 heat illness patients transported into 94 Emergency …

Background During August 2003, Europe sustained a severe heat wave that resulted in 14
800 heat-related deaths in France. Most of these excess deaths occurred in urban areas …

The objective of this study is to explore how changes in weather contribute to an increase in
hospital admissions for stroke in summer. We collected 96,509 cases of stroke …

Several studies worldwide have demonstrated significant relationships between
meteorological parameters and stroke events. However, authors often reported discordant …

Older adults are both physiologically and environmentally more susceptible to heatstroke,
and according to Japanese data, approximately 30% of male and 50% of female taken to …

Background: Despite consistent evidence of a higher short-term risk of cardiovascular
mortality associated with ambient temperature, there have been discrepant findings on the …

Despite consistent evidence of a higher short-term risk of stroke mortality associated with
ambient temperature, there are no findings on the association between extreme temperature …

Biologically plausible associations exist between climatic conditions and stroke risk, but
study results are inconsistent. We aimed to summarize current evidence on ambient …

Objectives Heatstroke due to a heat wave during the summer is one of the commonly known
health impacts of climate change in Japan. The elderly are particularly at high-risk of …