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Association between thermal stress and cardiovascular mortality in the subtropics
Hazardous thermal conditions resulting from climate change may play a role in cardiovascular disease development. We chose the Universal Thermal...
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Urinary metabolite of pesticide, 3,5,6-trichloropyridinol, is associated with all-cause but not with cancer mortality
3,5,6-trichloropyridinol (TCPY) is a metabolite of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl, whose presence in the environment is of potential toxicity...
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The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change
Climate change affects human health; however, there have been no large-scale, systematic efforts to quantify the heat-related human health impacts...
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Beyond the sine wave: unveiling climate-driven baseline mortality cycles
The relationship between temperature and mortality is well-established, with higher mortality rates occurring in moderate climates during winter....
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Associations of the utilization of household water treatment devices with mortality
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the utilization of household water treatment devices (UHWTD) and both overall and...
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The impact of extreme temperatures on human mortality in the most populated cities of Romania
The impact of extreme weather conditions on humans is one of the most important topics in biometeorology studies. The main objective of this study is...
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Dose–response relationship between arsenic in drinking water and mortality of urinary cancers in Taiwan
Ingested arsenic is carcinogenic to the human urinary tract, but uncertainties remain regarding the dose–response relationship. To assess...
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Effects of ambient temperature and humidity on COPD mortality in Ganzhou city, China
This study used the time series data of Ganzhou city to explore the individual and interaction effects of temperature and humidity on COPD death, and...
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Premature mortality risk and associated economic loss assessment due to PM2.5 exposure in Delhi, India during 2015–2019
Particulate matter especially PM 2.5 has always been a prime concern for human health. An Integrated Exposure–Response (IER) function and Value of...
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The role of high humidity on extreme-temperature-related mortality in central China
The evidence of non-optimum ambient temperature and humidity-related mortality is widely reported. However, the joint effects of high humidity and...
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Gender inequalities in heat-related mortality in the Czech Republic
It is acknowledged that climate change exacerbates social inequalities, and women have been reported as more vulnerable to heat than men in many...
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Analysing the Impact of Carbon Emissions and Non-Renewable Energy Use on Infant and Under-5 Mortality Rates in Europe: New Evidence Using Panel Quantile Regression
This study critically examines the health-environment discourse and uses infant and under-5 mortality rates, carbon emissions, and non-renewable...
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The effects of summer ambient temperature on total mortality in Serbia
In the context of recent climate change, temperature-attributable mortality has become an important public health threat worldwide. A large number of...
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Revisiting the importance of temperature, weather and air pollution variables in heat-mortality relationships with machine learning
Extreme heat events have significant health impacts that need to be adequately quantified in the context of climate change. Traditionally,...
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The wider the gap between rich and poor the higher the flood mortality
Economic inequality is rising within many countries globally, and this can significantly influence the social vulnerability to natural hazards. We...
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Projections of heat-related excess mortality in China due to climate change, population and aging
Climate change is one of the biggest health threats of the 21st century. Although China is the biggest develo** country, with a large population...
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Changing Fertility, Child Mortality and Contraceptive Prevalence Rates in Bangladesh: Effects of Disaster Risk Reduction and Family Planning Programs
Bangladesh is densely populated and vulnerable to climatic, natural, human-made, and biological disasters. Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to...
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Effects of the urban landscape on heatwave-mortality associations in Hong Kong: comparison of different heatwave definitions
Despite increased attention given to potential modifiers of temperature-mortality associations, evidence for variations between different urban...
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Gender-differentiated impact of PM2.5 exposure on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality: a review
The association between PM 2.5 and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality from a gender perspective is scarce in the literature, despite the fifth...
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Long-term exposure to air pollution on cardio-respiratory, and lung cancer mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Air pollution is a major cause of specific deaths worldwide. This review article aimed to investigate the results of cohort studies for air pollution...
