The effects of season and meteorology on human mortality in tropical climates: a systematic review

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 108; no. 7; pp. 393 - 401
• Main Authors: Burkart, Katrin, Khan, Md. Mobarak Hossain, Schneider, Alexandra, Breitner, Susanne, Langner, Marcel, Krämer, Alexander, Endlicher, Wilfried
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Climate Change; Communicable Diseases - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases - mortality; Environmental Exposure; Female; General aspects; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Rural Population; Seasons; Socioeconomic Factors; Tropical Climate; Urban Population; Weather; Tropical climates; Meteorological effects; Mortality; Seasonality; Human; Prognosis; Seasonal variation; Tropical medicine; Epidemiology; Tropical climate; Bibliographic review; Meteorology

Research in the field of atmospheric science and epidemiology has long recognized the health effects of seasonal and meteorological conditions. However, little scientific knowledge exists to date about the impacts of atmospheric parameters on human mortality in tropical regions. Working within the s...