2024
Global, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study
Zhao Q, Li S, Ye T, Wu Y, Gasparrini A, Tong S, Urban A, Vicedo-Cabrera A, Tobias A, Armstrong B, Royé D, Lavigne E, de’Donato F, Sera F, Kan H, Schwartz J, Pascal M, Ryti N, Goodman P, Saldiva P, Bell M, Guo Y, Network O. Global, regional, and national burden of heatwave-related mortality from 1990 to 2019: A three-stage modelling study. PLOS Medicine 2024, 21: e1004364. PMID: 38743771, PMCID: PMC11093289, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMortality burdenExcess deathsGlobal mortality burdenTemporal changesAssociated with heatwavesMultivariate meta-regressionAdaptation planningGeographic disparitiesNational burdenLow-incomeClimate changeHeatwavesMeta-regressionPremature deathSector adaptationDaily deathsClimateLack of dataResidentsBurdenDisparitiesDeath ratioAssociation
2023
Effects of heat waves on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Silveira I, Cortes T, Bell M, Junger W. Effects of heat waves on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0283899. PMID: 37000782, PMCID: PMC10065291, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory mortalityOdds ratioDistributed lag non-linear modelCardiovascular mortalityIndividual-level exposuresHeat wave intensityCase-crossover studyConditional logistic regressionMunicipal Health DepartmentHeat wavesEffects of heat wavesHealth impacts of heat wavesHealth departmentsHealth resourcesDeath dataOlder peopleLow-incomeEffect estimatesOlder womenDefinition of heat wavesLogistic regressionEpidemiological evidenceMorbidity outcomesHeat wave daysHealth impacts