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Heat-related mortality trends under recent climate warming in Spain: A 36-year observational study.

Hicham AchebakDaniel DevolderJoan Ballester
Published in: PLoS medicine (2018)
Despite the summer warming observed in Spain between 1980 and 2015, the decline in the vulnerability of the population has contributed to a general downward trend in overall heat-attributable mortality. This reduction occurred in parallel with a decline in the vulnerability difference between men and women for circulatory and cardiorespiratory mortality. Despite these advances, the risk of death remained high for respiratory diseases, and particularly in women.
Keyphrases
  • climate change
  • cardiovascular events
  • heat stress
  • cardiovascular disease
  • body composition
  • type diabetes
  • coronary artery disease
  • adipose tissue
  • pregnant women
  • insulin resistance