Impact of ambient temperature on morbidity and mortality: An overview of reviews

Song, Xuping; Wang, Shigong; Hu, Yong; Yue, Man; Zhang, Tingting; Liu, Yu; Tian, Jinhui; Shang, Kezheng

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.212

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“…Risk for mortality and hospitalization may also vary due to the different ways of measuring and defining hot and cold days and heat waves (which have at least 12 definitions across countries). The same can be said of the different measurements of temperature, such as average daily temperature, minimum and maximum daily temperature, and humidity index (Song et al., ). The risk may also vary depending on when data collection was done after the climate stressor.…”

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Health Impact of Climate Change in Older People: An Integrative Review and Implications for Nursing

Leyva

Beaman

Davidson

2017

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Health Impact of Climate Change in Older People: An Integrative Review and Implications for Nursing

Leyva

Beaman

Davidson

2017

J of Nursing Scholarship

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“…While previous literature reviews have focused on the impact of high temperature on several health outcomes (e.g. morbidity or mortality for respiratory or cardiovascular diseases) (Song et al 2017, Green et al 2019, fewer studies focused on susceptibility and vulnerability to temperature impacts on health outcomes Kosatky 2010, Benmarhnia et al 2015) and the results are inconclusive. Our review has several benefits in comparison to previous work.…”

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Temperature-related mortality: a systematic review and investigation of effect modifiers

Son

Liu

Bell

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Background: Understanding which populations are vulnerable and which factors affect vulnerability to temperature-mortality associations is important to reduce the health burden from current day weather extremes and climate change. Objectives: We reviewed population-based studies on the impact of temperature on mortality and assessed the vulnerability to temperature-mortality associations systematically. Methods: We identified 207 studies published between 1980 and 2017 and summarized findings on effect modification based on individual-and community-level characteristics. Results: In our assessment of vulnerability to temperature-mortality associations, we found strong evidence of effect modification for several individual-level factors such as age and sex. We also found limited or suggestive evidence for other individual-level factors such as education, place of death, occupation, race, marital status, and chronic conditions. Evidence on effect modification by community-level characteristics for temperature-mortality associations is limited. We found weak evidence of effect modification for population density, heating system, healthcare facilities, proximity to water, housing quality, and air pollution level. We found limited or suggestive evidence for community-level socio-economic status, latitude, urban/rural, air conditioning, climatic condition, green space, and previous winter mortality. Conclusions: Our findings provide scientific evidence on which populations could be targeted for establishing appropriate strategies to reduce the health burden from extreme temperatures, and for policies on climate change.

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“…Epidemiological studies have shown that high air temperatures are related to increased mortality (Hajat and Kosatky 2010). Heat exposure was found to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory mortality (Song et al 2017). However, the authors also noted that health effects of temperature depend on the definition of indicators and thresholds and that definitions of temperature exposure at the regional level are necessary.…”

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Health-relevant ground-level ozone and temperature events under future climate change using the example of Bavaria, Southern Germany

Hertig

2020

Air Qual Atmos Health

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Relationships of larger scale meteorological predictors with ground-level daily maximum ozone (O 3max ) and daily maximum air temperature (T max ) for stations in Bavaria were analysed. O 3max and T max as well as threshold exceedances of these variables were assessed under the constraints of ongoing climate change until the end of the twenty-first century. Under RCP8.5 scenario conditions, a substantial increase of T max in the months from April to September arose, with a mean value of 5 K in the period 2081-2100 compared with the historical period 1986-2005. Statistical downscaling projections pointed to a mean O 3max rise of 17 μg/m 3 . The frequency of threshold exceedances showed also large changes. Hot days may occur in the future at about 30% of all days. Exceedances of O 3max > 100 μg/m 3 were projected to increase to about 40% of all days at urban traffic sites and up to about 70% in the rural regional background. Days with O 3max > 120 μg/m 3 occurred still at about 20% of all days at urban traffic sites and at about 45% in rural regional background locations. With respect to combined T max > 30°C and O 3max > 100 μg/m 3 events in the future, an occurrence of such events at about 27-29% of all days in the summer months from April to September was assessed. The increases were mainly associated with the strong temperature rise until the end of the century. In summary, the projected T max and O 3max changes point to a considerable increased health burden in Bavaria until the end of the century, resulting from strong changes of both variables and their associated individual and combined impact on human health.

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Impact of ambient temperature on morbidity and mortality: An overview of reviews

Cited by 276 publications

References 97 publications

Health Impact of Climate Change in Older People: An Integrative Review and Implications for Nursing

Health Impact of Climate Change in Older People: An Integrative Review and Implications for Nursing

Temperature-related mortality: a systematic review and investigation of effect modifiers

Health-relevant ground-level ozone and temperature events under future climate change using the example of Bavaria, Southern Germany

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