Racial disparities in climate change-related health effects in the United States

AG Berberian, DJX Gonzalez, LJ Cushing - Current Environmental Health …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Climate change is causing warming over most parts of the USA
and more extreme weather events. The health impacts of these changes are not …

Synergistic health effects of air pollution, temperature, and pollen exposure: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence

SC Anenberg, S Haines, E Wang, N Nassikas… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Exposure to heat, air pollution, and pollen are associated with health outcomes,
including cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Studies assessing the health impacts of …

Association of extreme heat and cardiovascular mortality in the United States: a county-level longitudinal analysis from 2008 to 2017

SAM Khatana, RM Werner, PW Groeneveld - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Extreme-heat events are increasing as a result of climate change. Prior studies,
typically limited to urban settings, suggest an association between extreme heat and …

Hot weather as a risk factor for kidney disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence

J Liu, BM Varghese, A Hansen, MA Borg… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The occurrence or exacerbation of kidney disease has been documented as a
growing problem associated with hot weather. The implementation of effective prevention …

Chronic diseases associated with mortality in British Columbia, Canada during the 2021 western North America extreme heat event

MJ Lee, KE McLean, M Kuo, GRA Richardson… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Western North America experienced an unprecedented extreme heat event (EHE)
in 2021, characterized by high temperatures and reduced air quality. There were …

Increasing impacts of temperature on hospital admissions, length of stay, and related healthcare costs in the context of climate change in Adelaide, South Australia

BY Wondmagegn, J Xiang, K Dear, S Williams… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background A growing number of studies have investigated the effect of increasing
temperatures on morbidity and health service use. However, there is a lack of studies …

Housing as a critical determinant of heat vulnerability and health

H Samuelson, A Baniassadi, A Lin, PI González… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Municipalities use Heat Vulnerability Indices (HVIs) to quantify and map relative
distribution of risks to human health in the event of a heatwave. These maps ostensibly allow …

Climate and the nephrologist: the intersection of climate change, kidney disease, and clinical care

SE Young, LJ Khoshnaw… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Climate change is upon us, and it will have a major effect on both kidney disease and the
nephrology practice. But the converse is also true: our treatment of kidney disease has an …

Association of area‐level heat and social vulnerability with recurrent hospitalizations among individuals with rheumatic conditions

L Santacroce, PF Dellaripa… - Arthritis care & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Climate and social vulnerability contribute to morbidity and health care utilization.
We examined associations between the neighborhood Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and …

Climate change and nephrology

F Sasai, C Roncal-Jimenez, K Rogers… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate change should be of special concern for the nephrologist, as the kidney has a
critical role in protecting the host from dehydration, but it is also a favorite target of heat …