Cardiovascular mortality risk attributable to ambient temperature in China

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Authors

Jun Yang · National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

Peng Yin · National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention

Maigeng Zhou · National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention

Chun‐Quan Ou · Southern Medical University

Yuming Guo · The University of Queensland

Antonio Gasparrini · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Abstract

This study emphasises how cold weather is responsible for most part of the temperature-related CVD death burden. Our results may have important implications for the development of policies to reduce CVD mortality from extreme temperatures.

Topics & Keywords

Climate Change and Health Impacts Global Health Care Issues Air Quality and Health Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Heart

Volume 101, Issue 24, pp. 1966-1972

DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308062

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