Association between temperature and natural mortality in Belgium: Effect modification by individual characteristics and residential environment

Last updated on 22-9-2022 by Jill Alexandre

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Abstract:

Background There is strong evidence of mortality being associated to extreme temperatures but the extent to which individual or residential factors modulate this temperature vulnerability is less clear. Methods We conducted a multi-city study with a time-stratified case-crossover design and used conditional logistic regression to examine the association between extreme temperatures and overall natural and cause-specific mortality. City-specific estimates were pooled using a random-effect meta-analysis to describe the global association. Cold and heat effects were assessed by compar…

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