Cardiovascular mortality risk attributable to ambient temperature in China.

Jun YangPeng YinMaigeng ZhouChun-Quan OuYuming GuoAntonio GasparriniYunning LiuYujuan YueShaohua GuShaowei SangGuijie LuanQinghua SunQiyong Liu

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2015)

This study emphasises how cold weather is responsible for most part of the temperature-related CVD death burden. Our results may have important implications for the development of policies to reduce CVD mortality from extreme temperatures.

Keyphrases

air pollution
public health
particulate matter
risk factors
cardiovascular events
climate change
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease