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Rai, M. ; Breitner-Busch, S. ; Zhang, S. ; Rappold, A.G.* ; Schneider, A.E.

Achievements and gaps in projection studies on the temperature-attributable health burden: Where should we be headed?

Front. Epidemiol. 2, DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2022.1063871 (2022)
Verlagsversion DOI PMC
Open Access Gold
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Future projection of the temperature-related health burden, including mortality and hospital admissions, is a growing field of research. These studies aim to provide crucial information for decision-makers considering existing health policies as well as integrating targeted adaptation strategies to evade the health burden. However, this field of research is still overshadowed by large uncertainties. These uncertainties exist to an extent in the future climate and population models used by such studies but largely in the disparities in underlying assumptions. Existing studies differ in the factors incorporated for projection and strategies for considering the future adaptation of the population to temperature. These differences exist to a great degree because of a lack of robust evidence as well as gaps in the field of climate epidemiology that still require extensive input from the research community. This narrative review summarizes the current status of projection studies of temperature-attributable health burden, the guiding assumptions behind them, the common grounds, as well as the differences. Overall, the review aims to highlight existing evidence and knowledge gaps as a basis for designing future studies on temperature-attributable health burden estimation. Finding a robust methodology for projecting the future health burden could be a milestone for climate epidemiologists as this would largely benefit the world when applying this technique to project the climate-attributable cause-specific health burden and adapt our existing health policies accordingly.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Review
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Climate Change ; Gaps ; Health Burden ; Projection Studies ; Review
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2674-1199
e-ISSN 2674-1199
Zeitschrift Frontiers in epidemiology
Quellenangaben Band: 2 Heft: , Seiten: , Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Frontiers
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)