Heat waves and high air temperature are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
However, the majority of research conducted on this topic is focused on high income areas …

Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's
disease (AD); where Alzheimer's accounts for 60–70% of cases of dementia and VaD …

Few multicity studies have been conducted to investigate the acute health effects of cold and
hot temperatures in China. We aimed to examine the relationship between temperature and …

Background: Although effects of weather changes on human health have been widely
reported, there is limited information regarding effects on pregnant women in developing …

Background Devastating health effects from recent heat waves in China have highlighted
the importance of understanding health consequences from extreme heat stress. Despite the …

Background Few data are available on the attributable burden, such as absolute excess or
relative excess, of stroke death due to temperature. Methods We collected data on daily …

Background Although many studies have reported the mortality effect of temperature, there
were few studies on the mortality risk of humidity, let alone the joint effect of temperature and …

The International Initiative on Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology (ISLE) convened its first
International Symposium on Lifecourse Epidemiology and Spatial Science at the Lorentz …

Background Previous studies examining temperature–mortality associations in China
focused on a single city or a small number of cities. A multi-city study covering different …

Background Evidence is scant on the relative and attributable contributions of ambient
temperature on stroke subtypes mortality. Few studies have examined modification effects of …