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ArticleInternational journal of biometeorology2022

The impact of extreme temperatures on human mortality in the most populated cities of Romania.

Andreea-Sabina Scripcă, Fiorella Acquaotta, Adina-Eliza Croitoru, Simona Fratianni

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Article in International journal of biometeorology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Building the model: a review of input structures in extreme temperature-health.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026
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Andreea-Sabina ScripcăDoctoral School of Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, 5-7, Clinicilor Street, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9736-2304
Fiorella AcquaottaDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125, Turin, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-3313
Adina-Eliza CroitoruDepartment of Physical and Technical Geography, Babeș-Bolyai University, 5-7, Clinicilor Street, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. adina.croitoru@ubbcluj.ro.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1235-4327
Simona FratianniDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125, Turin, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-882X

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Università degli Studi di Torino 00000Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai 0000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of extreme weather conditions on humans is one of the most important topics in biometeorology studies. The main objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between temperature-related weather conditions and natural mortality in the five most populated cities of Romania, namely, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Iași, and Timișoara. The results of this study aim to bridge a gap in national research. In the present paper, we used daily natural mortality data and daily minimum and maximum air temperatures. The distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) allowed us to identify weather conditions associated with natural mortality. The most important results are as follows: (i) a higher daily mortality is related to a high frequency of heat stress conditions; (ii) a higher maximum temperature increases the relative risk (RR) of natural mortality; (iii) the maximum number of fatalities is recorded on the first day of high-temperature events; and (iv) individuals much more easily adapt to cold stress conditions. The main conclusion in this study is that the inhabitants of the most populated cities in Romania are more sensitive to high-temperature stress than to low-temperature stress.

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Hot TemperatureWeatherCitiesCold TemperatureHumansMortalityRomaniaTemperatureBioclimatic stressExtreme temperatureNatural mortalityRelative riskRomania

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