Modification of temperature-related human mortality by area-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Latin American cities

Maryia Bakhtsiyarava, Leah H. Schinasi, Brisa N. Sánchez, Iryna Dronova, Josiah L. Kephart, Yang Ju, Nelson Gouveia, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Marie S. O'Neill, Goro Yamada, Sarav Arunachalam, Ana V. Diez-Roux and Daniel A. Rodríguez

Social Science & Medicine, 2023, vol. 317, issue C

Abstract: In Latin America, where climate change and rapid urbanization converge, non-optimal ambient temperatures contribute to excess mortality. However, little is known about area-level characteristics that confer vulnerability to temperature-related mortality.

Keywords: Temperature-related mortality; Urban health; Latin America; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115526

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