Mortality Risk Related to Heatwaves in Dezful City, Southwest of Iran

• Main Authors: Hamidreza Aghababaeian (Author), Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh (Author), Ali Ardalan (Author), Ali Asgary (Author), Mehry Akbary (Author), Mir Saeed Yekaninejad (Author), Rahim Sharafkhani (Author), Carolyn Stephens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We aimed to evaluate the impact of heatwaves on daily deaths due to non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory causes in the city of Dezful in Iran from 2013 to 2019. Method: We collected daily ambient temperature and mortality and defined 2 types of heatwaves by combining daily temp...