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SUBMITTER: Weinberger KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7289128 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weinberger Kate R KR Harris Daniel D Spangler Keith R KR Zanobetti Antonella A Wellenius Gregory A GA
Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20200423 3
There is a well-established relationship between high ambient temperature and risk of death. However, the number of deaths attributable to heat each year in the United States remains incompletely quantified.<h4>Methods</h4>We replicated the approach from a large, international study to estimate temperature-mortality associations in 297 United States counties and additionally calculated the number of deaths attributable to heat, a quantity of likely interest to policymakers and the public.<h4>Res ...[more]