Global & Disaster Medicine

Heat-related mortality in India between 1960 and 2009

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“….[B]etween 1960 and 2009, [m]ean temperatures across India have risen by more than 0.5°C….., with statistically significant increases in heat waves. Using a novel probabilistic model…..the increase in summer mean temperatures in India over this period corresponds to a 146% increase in the probability of heat-related mortality events of more than 100 people…..”

 

 


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