Relation between elevated ambient temperature and mortality: a review of the epidemiologic evidence.

By Rupa Basu, J. Samet. Epidemiologic Reviews, 2002

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology

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In Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

1. S. Clayton
2. Rupa Basu
3. A. Schneider
4. D. Guan
5. P. Pihkala
6. Pihkala Panu
7. J. Hipp
8. O. Ogunseitan

In Physiology

1. Rupa Basu

Citations in the corpus

• Disproportionately higher exposure to urban heat in lower-income neighborhoods: a multi-city perspective (2019, neutral): “​Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards​, ​6​ (1), 39-49.”
• Assessment of the economic impacts of heat waves: A case study of Nanjing, China (2018, background): “The selected reference period has the same 211 duration and distribution of days of the week (DOW) as the heat wave period and excludes the days 212 immediately after the heat wave (Basu and Samet, 2002; Ma et al, 2011).”
• Excess mortality related to the August 2003 heat wave in France (2006, background): “The epidemiological knowledge that could orient such preventive actions and alert systems is currently far from complete, given that the climate configuration of population exposure to heat waves and the population sensitivities thereto appear to be population- and timedependent (Basu and Samet 2002”
• Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities (2008, background): “Time-series studies of the effects of heat on mortality have been conducted for several cities in the United States and in various European areas.(5) The association between temperature and mortality has often been shown as a J- or V-shaped function, with the lowest mortality rates at moderate tempe”
• Temperature effects on mortality and household adaptation: Evidence from China (2019, background): “4 Braga et al. (2001) carry out time-series analysis of data on 12 U.S. cities and conclude that high and low temperatures are associated with increased deaths in cold cities.”
• High ambient temperature and mortality: a review of epidemiologic studies from 2001 to 2008 (2009, background): “Basu R, Dominici F, Samet JM: Temperature and mortality among the elderly in the United States: a comparison of epidemiologic methods.”
• Multivariate meta-analysis for non-linear and other multi-parameter associations (2012, neutral): “The health effects of exposure to extreme temperatures have been frequently investigated, especially regarding the association with high temperatures and heat waves [14].”