ReviewMaturitas2018
Climate change and temperature extremes: A review of heat- and cold-related morbidity and mortality concerns of municipalities.
Review in Maturitas, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of short-term exposure to extreme temperatures on diabetes mellitus morbidity and mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- Climate Change, Weather, Housing Precarity, and Homelessness: A Systematic Review of Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The association between cold weather and mortality among populations ever and never experiencing homelessness in British Columbia, Canada.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Projected cardiovascular mortality attributable to extreme temperatures under climate scenarios in Taiyuan, China.iScience · 2026Article
- The association between power outages and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations among US Medicare beneficiaries in 2018: A case-crossover study.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Secondary Sex Ratio in the Face of Global Challenges: Beyond the Headlines.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Long-term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults: Results from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort.Environmental research · 2025Article
- On the Effects of Clothing Area Factor and Vapour Resistance on the Evaluation of Cold Environments via IREQ Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Home Ambient Temperature and Self-Reported Attention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Observational
- Study protocol for an observational panel study of heat strain in the general adult population in Basse Santa Su, The Gambia.PloS one · 2025Observational
- A 19-year analysis of hot and cold temperature burdens on mortality in Amman, Jordan.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Burden of non-communicable diseases attributable to high temperature in a changing climate from 1990 to 2019: a global analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Persons Experiencing Homelessness during Extreme Temperatures: Lessons for Promoting Socially Inclusive Adaptive Capacity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Heat, humidity and health impacts: how causal diagrams can help tell the complex story.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2024Article
- How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Association between High Ambient Temperatures and Road Crashes in an Australian City with Temperate Climate: A Time-Series Study, 2012-2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Survey of extreme heat public health preparedness plans and response activities in the most populous jurisdictions in the United States.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Changes in tropospheric air quality related to the protection of stratospheric ozone in a changing climate.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023Article
- Geographic and demographic variation in worry about extreme heat and COVID-19 risk in summer 2020.Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England) · 2023Article
- Promoting practice change towards environmentally sustainable health care: more than meets the eye.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cold and hot weather are associated with mortality and morbidity. Although the burden of temperature-associated mortality may shift towards high temperatures in the future, cold temperatures may represent a greater current-day problem in temperate cities. Hot and cold temperature vulnerabilities may coincide across several personal and neighborhood characteristics, suggesting opportunities for increasing present and future resilience to extreme temperatures. We present a narrative literature review encompassing the epidemiology of cold- and heat-related mortality and morbidity, related physiologic and environmental mechanisms, and municipal responses to hot and cold weather, illustrated by Detroit, Michigan, USA, a financially burdened city in an economically diverse metropolitan area. The Detroit area experiences sharp increases in mortality and hospitalizations with extreme heat, while cold temperatures are associated with more gradual increases in mortality, with no clear threshold. Interventions such as heating and cooling centers may reduce but not eliminate temperature-associated health problems. Furthermore, direct hemodynamic responses to cold, sudden exertion, poor indoor air quality and respiratory epidemics likely contribute to cold-related mortality. Short- and long-term interventions to enhance energy and housing security and housing quality may reduce temperature-related health problems. Extreme temperatures can increase morbidity and mortality in municipalities like Detroit that experience both extreme heat and prolonged cold seasons amidst large socioeconomic disparities. The similarities in physiologic and built-environment vulnerabilities to both hot and cold weather suggest prioritization of strategies that address both present-day cold and near-future heat concerns.
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