Impact of heat on mental health emergency visits: a time series study from all public emergency centres, in Curitiba, Brazil

Objectives Quantify the risk of mental health (MH)-related emergency department visits (EDVs) due to heat, in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.Design Daily time series analysis, using quasi-Poisson combined with distributed lag non-linear model on EDV for MH disorders, from 2017 to 2021.Setting All nine...

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Main Authors: Thomas Müller, Rainer Sauerborn, Aditi Bunker, Maquins Odhiambo Sewe, Julia Feriato Corvetto, Andrea Federspiel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/12/e079049.full