The Role of Humidity in Associations of High Temperature with Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicity Study

There is strong experimental evidence that physiologic stress from high temperatures is greater if humidity is higher. However, heat indices developed to allow for this have not consistently predicted mortality better than dry-bulb temperature. We aimed to clarify the potential contribution of humid...

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Published in:	Environmental health perspectives Vol. 127; no. 9; p. 97007
Main Authors:	Armstrong, Ben, Sera, Francesco, Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria, Abrutzky, Rosana, Åström, Daniel Oudin, Bell, Michelle L., Chen, Bing-Yu, de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Micheline, Correa, Patricia Matus, Dang, Tran Ngoc, Diaz, Magali Hurtado, Dung, Do Van, Forsberg, Bertil, Goodman, Patrick, Guo, Yue-Liang Leon, Guo, Yuming, Hashizume, Masahiro, Honda, Yasushi, Indermitte, Ene, Íñiguez, Carmen, Kan, Haidong, Kim, Ho, Kyselý, Jan, Lavigne, Eric, Michelozzi, Paola, Orru, Hans, Ortega, Nicolás Valdés, Pascal, Mathilde, Ragettli, Martina S., Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento, Schwartz, Joel, Scortichini, Matteo, Seposo, Xerxes, Tobias, Aurelio, Tong, Shilu, Urban, Aleš, De la Cruz Valencia, César, Zanobetti, Antonella, Zeka, Ariana, Gasparrini, Antonio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Environmental Health Perspectives 01.09.2019
Subjects:	Cities Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data Hot Temperature Humans Humidity Mortality - trends Nonlinear Dynamics Seasons Cities
ISSN:	0091-6765, 1552-9924, 1552-9924
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