The Impact of Heat Waves and Cold Spells on Mortality Rates in the Dutch Population.

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Huynen, Maud M. T.E.; Martens, Pim; Schram, Dieneke; Weijenberg, Matty P.; Kunst, Anton E. | Copyright information

We conducted the study described in this paper to investigate the impact of ambient temperature on mortality in the Netherlands during 1979-1997, the impact of heat waves and cold spells on mortality in particular, and the possibility of any heat wave- or cold spell-induced forward displacement of mortality. We found a V-like relationship between mortality and temperature, with an optimum temperature value (e.g., average temperature with lowest mortality rate) of 16.5 [degrees] C f...

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