Nature Communications (May 2020)

Reversal of the seasonality of temperature-attributable mortality from respiratory diseases in Spain

  • Hicham Achebak,
  • Daniel Devolder,
  • Vijendra Ingole,
  • Joan Ballester

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16273-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Potential changes in the seasonality of temperature-attributable mortality due to climate warming have been poorly investigated. Here, the authors show that the projected decrease in the number of moderate and extreme cold days will not contribute to a further reduction of cold-attributable deaths.