ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2023
Association of Temperature Thresholds with Heat Illness- and Cardiorespiratory-Related Emergency Visits during Summer Months in Alaska.
Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Thermal indices for assessing the impact of outdoor thermal environments on human health: a systematic review of epidemiological studies.International journal of biometeorology · 2025Pooled it
- Heatwave and upper urinary tract stones morbidity: effect modification by heatwave definitions, disease subtypes, and vulnerable populations.Urolithiasis · 2024Pooled it
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- Evaluation of heat warning thresholds with multiple lagged and cumulative health impacts based on a 20-year population database.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Differentiating the impact of ambient temperature on hospitalization due to cause-specific pneumonias: an individual-level, case-crossover study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Impact of Climate Change on Respiratory Care: A Scoping Review.The journal of climate change and health · 2024Article
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- Erratum issued
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRecent record-breaking hot temperatures in Alaska have raised concerns about the potential human health implications of heat exposure among this unacclimated population.
objectivesWe estimated cardiorespiratory morbidity associated with days above summer (June-August) heat index (HI, apparent temperature) thresholds in three major population centers (Anchorage, Fairbanks, and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley) for the years 2015-2019.
methodsWe implemented time-stratified case-crossover analyses of emergency department (ED) visits for
resultsThere were increased odds of ED visits for heat illness above a HI threshold as low as 21.1°C (70°F) [ DISCUSSION: This study demonstrates the importance of planning for extreme heat events and developing local guidance for heat warnings, even in areas with historically mild summertime climates. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11363.
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