Relation between Temperature and Mortality in Thirteen Spanish Cities
Por:
Iniguez, C, Ballester, F, Ferrandiz, J, Perez-Hoyos, S, Saez, M, Lopez, A and TEMPRO-EMECAS
Publicada:
1 ago 2010
Resumen:
In this study we examined the shape of the association between temperature and mortality in 13 Spanish cities representing a wide range of climatic and socio-demographic conditions. The temperature value linked with minimum mortality (MMT) and the slopes before and after the turning point (MMT) were calculated. Most cities showed a V-shaped temperature-mortality relationship. MMTs were generally higher in cities with warmer climates. Cold and heat effects also depended on climate: effects were greater in hotter cities but lesser in cities with higher variability. The effect of heat was greater than the effect of cold. The effect of cold and MMT was, in general, greater for cardio-respiratory mortality than for total mortality, while the effect of heat was, in general, greater among the elderly.
Filiaciones:
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Ctr Publ Hlth Res CSISP, Valencia 46020, Spain
Spanish Consortium Res Epidemiol & Publ Hlth CIBE, Barcelona 8003, Spain
Valencian Sch Studies Hlth EVES, Valencia 46017, Spain
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Ctr Publ Hlth Res CSISP, Valencia 46020, Spain
Spanish Consortium Res Epidemiol & Publ Hlth CIBE, Barcelona 8003, Spain
Valencian Sch Studies Hlth EVES, Valencia 46017, Spain
Univ Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain
Ferrandiz, J:
Univ Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain
Perez-Hoyos, S:
Spanish Consortium Res Epidemiol & Publ Hlth CIBE, Barcelona 8003, Spain
Valencian Sch Studies Hlth EVES, Valencia 46017, Spain
Hosp Valle De Hebron, Res Inst, Barcelona 08035, Spain
Saez, M:
Spanish Consortium Res Epidemiol & Publ Hlth CIBE, Barcelona 8003, Spain
Univ Girona, Dept Econ, Girona 17071, Spain
Lopez, A:
Univ Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain
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