Progress in extreme heat management and warning systems: A systematic review of heat-health action plans (1995-2020)

R Kotharkar, A Ghosh - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, rising trend in the number of heat waves (HWs) has exacerbated the risk
of heat-related mortality and morbidity. The frequent deadly HWs precipitated a multitude of …

Impacts of climate change on the public health of the Mediterranean Basin population-current situation, projections, preparedness and adaptation

C Linares, J Díaz, M Negev, GS Martínez… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean Basin is undergoing a warming trend with longer and warmer
summers, an increase in the frequency and the severity of heat waves, changes in …

Trends in temperature-related age-specific and sex-specific mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Spain: a national time-series analysis

H Achebak, D Devolder, J Ballester - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Climate change driven by human activities has increased annual temperatures
in Spain by around 1° C since 1980. However, little is known regarding the extent to which …

Air conditioning and heat-related mortality: a multi-country longitudinal study

F Sera, M Hashizume, Y Honda, E Lavigne… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Air conditioning has been proposed as one of the key factors explaining
reductions of heat-related mortality risks observed in the last decades. However, direct …

Heatwave and elderly mortality: An evaluation of death burden and health costs considering short-term mortality displacement

J Cheng, Z Xu, H Bambrick, H Su, S Tong… - Environment international, 2018 - Elsevier
Background A heatwave can be a devastating natural disaster to human health, and elderly
people are particularly vulnerable. With the continuing rise in earth's surface temperature …

Nationwide analysis of the heat-and cold-related mortality trends in Switzerland between 1969 and 2017: the role of population aging

E de Schrijver, M Bundo, MS Ragettli… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Because older adults are particularly vulnerable to nonoptimal temperatures, it
is expected that the progressive population aging will amplify the health burden attributable …

Temporal trends in human vulnerability to excessive heat

SC Sheridan, MJ Allen - Environmental research letters, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Over recent decades, studies have examined various morbidity and mortality outcomes
associated with heat exposure. This review explores the collective knowledge of the …

Heat-health action plans in Europe: Challenges ahead and how to tackle them

GS Martinez, C Linares, A Ayuso, V Kendrovski… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
High temperatures have periodically affected large areas in Europe and urban settings. In
particular, the deadly 2003 summer heat waves precipitated a multitude of national and …

Mortality risk of hot nights: a nationwide population-based retrospective study in Japan

SE Kim, M Hashizume, B Armstrong… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The health effects of heat are well documented; however, limited information is
available regarding the health risks of hot nights. Hot nights have become more common …

Changing susceptibility to non-optimum temperatures in Japan, 1972–2012: the role of climate, demographic, and socioeconomic factors

Y Chung, D Yang, A Gasparrini… - Environmental …, 2018 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Previous studies have shown that population susceptibility to non-optimum
temperatures has changed over time, but little is known about the related time-varying …