Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Article Urban Air Pollution, Urban Heat Island
and Human Health: A Review of the Literature by Awais Piracha 1,* and Muhammad Tariq …

The current climate change is responsible for the growth in number of extreme climatic
events like heat waves (HWs), which occur frequently with more intense effects. HW poses …

Aging populations are susceptible to heat-related mortality because of physiological factors
and comorbidities. However, the understanding of individual vulnerabilities in the aging …

Background Observed increases in the frequency and intensity of heatwave events, together
with the projected acceleration of these events worldwide, has led to a rapid expansion in …

The urban heat island (UHI) effect exacerbates the adverse impact of heat on human health.
However, while the UHI effect is further intensified during extreme heat events, prior studies …

Heatwave effects on human health and wellbeing is a great public health concern,
especially in the context of climate change. However, no universally consistent heatwave …

Few data are available on the health impacts of heatwaves in China, and in particular, the
heatwave definition and vulnerable populations remain to be identified. We collected data …

Background Heatwaves affect human health and global heatwave-related disease burden
will continue to rise as climate change proceeds, but the effects of heatwaves on …

Background: Understanding which populations are vulnerable and which factors affect
vulnerability to temperature-mortality associations is important to reduce the health burden …

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 …