Impact of heatwaves on all-cause mortality in India: A comprehensive multi-city study

Impact of heatwaves on all-cause mortality in India: A comprehensive multi-city study

Background: Heatwaves are expected to increase with climate change, posing a significant threat to population health. In India, with the world’s largest population, heatwaves occur annually but have not been comprehensively studied. Accordingly, we evaluated the association between heatwaves and all...

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Main Authors: Jeroen de Bont, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Massimo Stafoggia, Tirthankar Banerjee, Vijendra Ingole, Suganthi Jaganathan, Siddhartha Mandal, Ajit Rajiva, Bhargav Krishna, Itai Kloog, Kevin Lane, Rajesh K Mall, Abhiyant Tiwari, Yaguang Wei, Gregory A. Wellenius, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Joel Schwartz, Poornima Prabhakaran, Petter Ljungman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Environment International
Subjects:
India
Heatwaves
Mortality
Attributable deaths
Climate change
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024000473

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