Projected heat-related mortality under climate change in the metropolitan area of Skopje

• Main Authors: Gerardo Sanchez Martinez (Author), Michela Baccini (Author), Koen De Ridder (Author), Hans Hooyberghs (Author), Wouter Lefebvre (Author), Vladimir Kendrovski (Author), Kristen Scott (Author), Margarita Spasenovska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Excessive summer heat is a serious environmental health problem in Skopje, the capital and largest city of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This paper attempts to forecast the impact of heat on mortality in Skopje in two future periods under climate change and compare i...