Climate Change and Health: Heat

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February 1, 2023 session

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Nori-Sarma, A., Sun, S., Sun, Y., Spangler, K. R., Oblath, R., Galea, S., Gradus, J. L., & Wellenius, G. A. (2022). Association between ambient heat and risk of emergency department visits for Mental Health Among Us Adults, 2010 to 2019. JAMA Psychiatry, 79(4), 341-349. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4369​

Mangus, C. W., Canares, T. L. (2019). Heat-Related Illness in Children in an Era of Extreme Temperatures. Pediatrics in Review, 40(3), pp. 97-107. doi:10.1542/pir.2017-0322​

Pathak, N. (2022, November 26). Common medications may increase the dangers of heat waves. Yale Climate Connections. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/07/common-medications-may-increase-the-dangers-of-heat-waves/  ​

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Skarha, J., Dominick, A., Spangler, K., Dosa, D., Rich, J. D., Savitz, D. A., & Zanobetti, A. (2022). Provision of air conditioning and heat-related mortality in Texas prisons. JAMA Network Open, 5(11). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.39849  ​

Sorensen, C. & Hess, J. (2022). Treatment and prevention of heat-related illness. New England Journal of Medicine, 13;387(15):1404-13. http://10.1056/NEJMcp2210623

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US Department of Commerce, N. O. A. A. (2021, August 5). Historic July 12-15, 1995 heat wave. National Weather Service. https://www.weather.gov/lot/1995_heatwave_anniversary ​

Zhang, S., Rai, M., Matthies-Wiesler, F., Breitner-Busch S., et al. (2023, January 13). Climate change and cardiovascular disease – the impact of heat and heat-health action plans. European Society of Cardiology. https://www.escardio.org/Journals/E-Journal-of-Cardiology-Practice/Volume-22/