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SUBMITTER: Li L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908124 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Linze L Jiang Chengsheng C Murtugudde Raghu R Liang Xin-Zhong XZ Sapkota Amir A
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210201 3
Climate change driven increases in the frequency of extreme heat events (EHE) and extreme precipitation events (EPE) are contributing to both infectious and non-infectious disease burden, particularly in urban city centers. While the share of urban populations continues to grow, a comprehensive assessment of populations impacted by these threats is lacking. Using data from weather stations, climate models, and urban population growth during 1980-2017, here, we show that the concurrent rise in th ...[more]