LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- An unrelenting heat wave has engulfed Southern California this week with temperatures in some areas reaching record highs on Friday, triggering excessive heat warnings and health alerts. An excessive heat warning has been extended for a large portion of southwest ...
We assessed the economic impact associated with mortality, morbidity, and loss of well-being during heat waves in France between 2015 and 2019.Health indicators monitored by the French national heat wave plan were used to estimate excess visits to emergency rooms and outpatient clinics and ...
A three-level heat health warning system based on the daily mortality and meteorological data of Budapest was introduced in 2005. "In 2007, the strongest heat wave ever hit Hungary was recorded," the paper recalls. "Based on real time mortality data an excess mortality of 36 percent was reco...
Such weather phenomena may be characterized by low humidity, which may exacerbate drought, or high humidity, which may exacerbate the health effects of heat-related stress, which include heat exhaustion, dehydration, and heatstroke. No formal, standardized definition of a heat wave exists. The ...
Get used to the heat. If you just arrived at a hot location or you're experiencing the first heat wave of the year in your neck of the woods, take some time to get used to the change. Limit your time working or exercising in the heat until your body adapts. If you work outside ...
If you live in an urban area, you may be at a higher risk for heatstroke during a prolonged heat wave, particularly if there is stagnant air and poor air quality. In what is known as the "heat island effect," asphalt and concrete store heat during the day and only gradually release ...
Heat waveHeat effectsHealth effectsHuman healthMortalityHealth indicators, for both mortality and morbidity, have been frequently associated with extreme hot temperatures. Many studies have found the existence of a minimum temperature of mortality, named comfort temperature. Another temperature from which a...
Objective To understand the effects of heat wave on daily mortality of residents in a coastal city in China.Methods In this paper,semi-parametric generaliz... H. Chen,L.-P. Li,Y.-N. Chen - 《Journal of Environment & Health》 被引量: 12发表: 2009年 A regression-based study using jac...
Heatwave-Related Mortality Risk and the Risk-Based Definition of Heat Wave in South Korea: A Nationwide Time-Series Study for 2011–2017. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 5720. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Kent, S.T.; McClure, L.A.; Zaitchik, B.F.; Smith, T.T.; ...
They consider warm nights to exacerbate health effects, by causing sleep deprivation and inhibiting recovery from daytime heat. They also note that relative humidity, an important thermoregulation factor, is a stress factor when combined with high temperatures, as the evaporation rate of sweat is ...