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Extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America: Voices are needed from the Global South
Yuming Guo1, Bo Wen1, Yao Wu1
1Climate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 2, 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Abstract:
Recent work by Kephart et al.1 updates estimates for mortality burden attributable to non-optimal ambient temperatures in Latin America, which helps to understand the climate-related health risks and burden in less-developed areas. Here, we discuss the main findings and focus on methodology that remains controversial in heat health field.
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