Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health

H Khraishah, B Alahmad, RL Ostergard Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is the greatest existential challenge to planetary and human health and is
dictated by a shift in the Earth's weather and air conditions owing to anthropogenic activity …

The impact of heatwaves on mortality and morbidity and the associated vulnerability factors: a systematic review

FS Arsad, R Hod, N Ahmad, R Ismail… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: This study aims to investigate the current impacts of extreme temperature and
heatwaves on human health in terms of both mortality and morbidity. This systematic review …

Spatio-temporal variation of seasonal heat islands mapping of Pakistan during 2000–2019, using day-time and night-time land surface temperatures MODIS and …

A Tariq, F Mumtaz, X Zeng, MYJ Baloch… - Remote sensing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHIs) create severe human health risks. Pakistan has about 220 million
inhabitants, with 287 people per Km 2 on average. Over the last 100 years, the maximum …

COVID-19 stressors on migrant workers in Kuwait: cumulative risk considerations

B Alahmad, H Kurdi, K Colonna, J Gasana… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
As a marginalised subpopulation, migrant workers often fall short from protection by public
policies, they take precarious jobs with unsafe working and living conditions and they …

Cardiovascular disease burden attributable to non-optimal temperature: analysis of the 1990–2019 global burden of disease

S Al-Kindi, I Motairek, H Khraishah… - European Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Extreme temperatures are increasingly experienced as a result of climate change. Both
high and low temperatures, impacted by climate change, have been linked with …

Examining the impact of extreme temperature on green innovation in China: Evidence from city-level data

H Hu, W Wei, CP Chang - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This research systematically investigates the effects of extreme temperature on green
innovation outcomes from a dataset of 273 cities in China spanning 2000 to 2020. The …

Effects of climate change on health and wellbeing: A systematic review

F Liu, A Chang‐Richards, KIK Wang… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The health and wellbeing effects of climate change events have gained much attention from
decision makers and academia over the past decade. Using a systematic review approach …

Acute exposure to total and source-specific ambient fine particulate matter and risk of respiratory disease hospitalization in Kuwait

KJ Colonna, B Alahmad, EF Choma, S Albahar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many epidemiologic studies concerned with acute exposure to ambient PM 2.5 have
reported positive associations for respiratory disease hospitalization. However, few studies …

The intersection of immigrant and environmental health: a scoping review of observational population exposure and epidemiologic studies

KC Fong, S Heo, CC Lim, H Kim, A Chan… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Transnational immigration has increased since the 1950s. In countries such as
the United States, immigrants now account for> 15% of the population. Although differences …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in adaptation to heat in Spain (1983–2018)

MA Navas-Martin, JA Lopez-Bueno… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In Spain the average temperature has increased by 1.7° C since pre-industrial times. There
has been an increase in heat waves both in terms of frequency and intensity, with a clear …