Comparison of UTCI with other thermal indices in the assessment of heat and cold effects on cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F14%3A10191368" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/14:10191368 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68378289:_____/14:00425054
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/1/952" target="_blank" >http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/1/952</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100952" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph110100952</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Comparison of UTCI with other thermal indices in the assessment of heat and cold effects on cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic
Original language description
We compare the recently developed Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with other thermal indices in analysing heat- and cold-related effects on cardiovascular (CVD) mortality in two different (urban and rural) regions in the Czech Republic during the16-year period from 1994-2009. Excess mortality is represented by the number of deaths above expected daily values, the latter being adjusted for long-term changes, annual and weekly cycles, and epidemics of influenza/acute respiratory infections. Air temperature, UTCI, Apparent Temperature (AT) and Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) are applied to identify days with heat and cold stress. We found similar heat effects on CVD mortality for air temperature and the examined thermal indices. Responses of CVD mortality to cold effects as characterised by different indices were much more varied. Particularly important is the finding that air temperature provides a weak cold effect in comparison with the thermal indices in both regio
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DN - Environmental impact on health
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP209%2F11%2F1985" target="_blank" >GAP209/11/1985: Temporal and spatial patterns of links between weather and morbidity due to cardiovascular diseases</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [online]
ISSN
1660-4601
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
952-967
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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