The association between heatwaves and risk of hospitalization in Brazil: A nationwide time series study between 2000 and 2015

• Published in: PLoS medicine Vol. 16; no. 2; p. e1002753
• Main Authors: Zhao, Qi, Li, Shanshan, Coelho, Micheline S Z S, Saldiva, Paulo H N, Hu, Kejia, Huxley, Rachel R, Abramson, Michael J, Guo, Yuming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.02.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air pollution measurements; Air temperature; Analysis; Brazil - epidemiology; Cities - epidemiology; Cities and towns; Climate change; Cold regions; Demographics; Elderly; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Female; Geography; Geriatrics; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - trends; Hot Temperature - adverse effects; Hot weather; Humans; Influence; Interrupted Time Series Analysis - trends; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Older people; People and places; Physical Sciences; Poisson density functions; Pollution; Preventive medicine; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk Factors; Temperature; Temperature effects; Temporal variations; Time Factors; Warning systems; Young Adult; Brazil; Cities; Melbourne Victoria Australia; Australia; United States > US

To our knowledge, no study has assessed the association between heatwaves and risk of hospitalization and how it may change over time in Brazil. We quantified the heatwave-hospitalization association in Brazil during 2000-2015. Daily data on hospitalization and temperature were collected from 1,814...