Impacts of exposure to humidex on cardiovascular mortality: a multi-city study in Southwest China

• Main Authors: Yang Li (Author), Yizhang Xia (Author), Hongbin Zhu (Author), Chunli Shi (Author), Xianyan Jiang (Author), Shijuan Ruan (Author), Yue Wen (Author), Xufang Gao (Author), Wei Huang (Author), Mingjiang Li (Author), Rong Xue (Author), Jianyu Chen (Author), Li Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Many studies have reported the association between ambient temperature and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the health effects of humidity are still unclear, much less the combined effects of temperature and humidity. In this study, we used humidex to quantif...