Years of life lost and mortality due to heat and cold in the three largest English cities

There is a well-established relationship between temperature and mortality, with older individuals being most at risk in high-income settings. This raises the question of the degree to which lives are being shortened by exposure to heat or cold. Years of life lost (YLL) take into account population...

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Main Authors: Katherine Arbuthnott, Shakoor Hajat, Clare Heaviside, Sotiris Vardoulakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020319218