Mortality effects of heat waves vary by age and area: a multi-area study in China

• Main Authors: Lingyan Zhang (Author), Zhao Zhang (Author), Tao Ye (Author), Maigeng Zhou (Author), Chenzhi Wang (Author), Peng Yin (Author), Bin Hou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Many studies have reported an increased mortality risk from heat waves comparing with non-heat wave days. However, how much the mortality rate change with the heat intensity-vulnerability curve-is still unknown. Such unknown information makes the related managers impossible to as...