Heat-related cardiovascular mortality risk in Cyprus: a case-crossover study using a distributed lag non-linear model
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- 作者：Małgorzata J Lubczyńska ; Costas A Christophi ; Jos Lelieveld
- 关键词：Temperature ; Cardiovascular mortality ; Climate change ; Cyprus ; Distributed lags ; Case ; crossover
- 刊名：Environmental Health
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：14
- 期：1
- 全文大小：3,568 KB
- 刊物主题：Environmental Health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1476-069X
文摘
Background The frequency and intensity of heat waves is projected to increase in many parts of the world, particularly in regions such as the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME), where the warming trends are much larger than the global average. The relationship between air temperature and premature mortality is widely recognized, however, it is not well defined in the aforementioned region.