Heat-related mortality: Effect modification and adaptation in Japan from 1972 to 2010

•Over thirty years of temperature-mortality data in Japan were analyzed to understand population adaptation to heat.•We examined if changes in adaptation are associated with air conditioning prevalence, healthcare, and socioeconomic profiles.•Excess heat mortality has declined over the past few deca...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Global environmental change 2016-07, Vol.39, p.234-243
Hauptverfasser:	Ng, Chris Fook Sheng, Boeckmann, Melanie, Ueda, Kayo, Zeeb, Hajo, Nitta, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Chiho, Honda, Yasushi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation Air conditioning Asian history Death Effect modification Estimates Health Health care Heat Japan Mortality Mortality risk Socio-economic status Summer Time-series
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