Global climate change: impact of heat waves under different definitions on daily mortality in Wuhan, China

• Main Authors: Yunquan Zhang (Author), Renjie Feng (Author), Ran Wu (Author), Peirong Zhong (Author), Xiaodong Tan (Author), Kai Wu (Author), Lu Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There was no consistent definition for heat wave worldwide, while a limited number of studies have compared the mortality effect of heat wave as defined differently. This paper aimed to provide epidemiological evidence for policy makers to determine the most appropriate definitio...