Winter season mortality: will climate warming bring benefits?
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Winter Season Mortality: Will Climate Warming Bring Benefits?
Extreme heat events are associated with spikes in mortality, yet death rates are on average highest during the coldest months of the year. Under the assumption that most winter excess mortality is due to cold temperature, many previous studies have concluded that winter mortality will substantially decline in a warming climate. We analyzed whether and to what extent cold temperatures are associ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Research Letters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1748-9326
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/064016