Objectives. We compared the ability of several heat–health warning systems to predict days
of heat-associated mortality using common data sets. Methods. Heat–health warning …

Objective To assess the associations between ambient temperatures and hospitalisations for
coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. Methods Our study comprised all residents living …

Trends and variations in daily temperature and precipitation indices in southern Québec are
examined for the period 1960–2005. The indices are based on daily temperature and daily …

Background Extreme ambient temperatures are an increasing public health concern. The
aim of this study was to assess if persons with comorbid health conditions were at increased …

Little is known about the extent to which ambient temperatures contribute to the burden of
hospitalizations from hypertensive diseases, diabetes, and arrhythmia. To fill this knowledge …

Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects have caused extensive economic and health related issues
to many city residents, especially the most vulnerable such as elderly people living in …

Rising environmental temperatures represent a major threat to human health. The activation
of heat advisories using evidence-based thresholds for high-risk outdoor ambient …

It has been well established that both meteorological attributes and air pollution
concentrations affect human health outcomes. We examined all cause nonaccident mortality …

This paper presents an intercomparison of eight statistical tests to detect inhomogeneities in
climatic data. The objective was to select those that are more suitable for precipitation data …

Background: Ambient high temperature is associated with death; however, heat-related risk
of death has not been quantified systematically in Ontario, the most populous province in …