Impact of heat on mortality and morbidity in low and middle income countries: a review of the epidemiological evidence and considerations for future research

H Green, J Bailey, L Schwarz, J Vanos, K Ebi… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat waves and high air temperature are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
However, the majority of research conducted on this topic is focused on high income areas …

[HTML][HTML] Association between ambient temperature and heat waves with mortality in South Asia: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Dimitrova, V Ingole, X Basagaña, O Ranzani… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change and is projected to
experience some of the highest increases in average annual temperatures throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality attributable to hot and cold ambient temperatures in India: a nationally representative case-crossover study

SH Fu, A Gasparrini, PS Rodriguez, P Jha - PLoS medicine, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Most of the epidemiological studies that have examined the detrimental effects
of ambient hot and cold temperatures on human health have been conducted in high …

The effect of ambient temperature on cardiovascular mortality in 27 Brazilian cities

IH Silveira, BFA Oliveira, TR Cortes… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background There is limited evidence on the relationship between temperature and
cardiovascular mortality in middle and low-income countries, particularly in Latin America. In …

[HTML][HTML] What individual and neighbourhood-level factors increase the risk of heat-related mortality? A case-crossover study of over 185,000 deaths in London using …

P Murage, S Kovats, C Sarran, J Taylor… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Management of the natural and built environments can help reduce the health
impacts of climate change. This is particularly relevant in large cities where urban heat …

Spatial-scale dependent risk factors of heat-related mortality: a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis

J Song, H Yu, Y Lu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Extreme heat is a leading cause of weather-related human mortality throughout much of the
world, posing a significantly heavy burden on the development of healthy and sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature in Pune city, India: A time series analysis from 2004 to 2012

V Ingole, SC Sheridan, S Juvekar, H Achebak… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to high and low ambient temperatures is associated with morbidity
and mortality across the globe. Most of these studies assessing the effects of non-optimum …

Indoor overheating: A review of vulnerabilities, causes, and strategies to prevent adverse human health outcomes during extreme heat events

GP Kenny, EJ Tetzlaff, WS Journeay, SB Henderson… - Temperature, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The likelihood of exposure to overheated indoor environments is increasing as climate
change is exacerbating the frequency and severity of hot weather and extreme heat events …

The impact of heat waves on mortality in Northwest India

A Nori-Sarma, GB Anderson, A Rajiva… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat waves are anticipated to worsen with climate change. India, an understudied area
with> 15% of the world's population, commonly experiences temperature extremes and …