Social inequalities in heat-attributable mortality in the city of Turin, northwest of Italy: a time series analysis from 1982 to 2018

• Main Authors: Marta Ellena (Author), Joan Ballester (Author), Paola Mercogliano (Author), Elisa Ferracin (Author), Giuliana Barbato (Author), Giuseppe Costa (Author), Vijendra Ingole (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Understanding context specific heat-health risks in urban areas is important, especially given anticipated severe increases in summer temperatures due to climate change effects. We investigate social inequalities in the association between daily temperatures and mortality in summ...