Time-series analysis of daily ambient temperature and emergency department visits in five US cities with a comparison of exposure metrics derived from 1-km meteorology products

• Main Authors: Nikita Thomas (Author), Stefanie T. Ebelt (Author), Andrew J. Newman (Author), Noah Scovronick (Author), Rohan R. D'Souza (Author), Shannon E. Moss (Author), Joshua L. Warren (Author), Matthew J. Strickland (Author), Lyndsey A. Darrow (Author), Howard H. Chang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ambient temperature observations from single monitoring stations (usually located at the major international airport serving a city) are routinely used to estimate heat exposures in epidemiologic studies. This method of exposure assessment does not account for potential spatial v...