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SUBMITTER: Kang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7460278 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kang Cinoo C Park Chaerin C Lee Whanhee W Pehlivan Nazife N Choi Munjeong M Jang Jeongju J Kim Ho H
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200807 16
Studies on the pattern of heatwave mortality using nationwide data that include rural areas are limited. This study aimed to assess the risk of heatwave-related mortality and evaluate the health risk-based definition of heatwave. We collected data on daily temperature and mortality from 229 districts in South Korea in 2011-2017. District-specific heatwave-related mortality risks were calculated using a distributed lag model. The estimates were pooled in the total areas and for each urban and rur ...[more]