Long-term exposure to summer specific humidity and cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in the US Medicare population

CONCLUSION: Long-term exposure to higher summer average specific humidity and specific humidity variability were positively associated with CVD hospitalization. As global warming could increase humidity levels, our findings are important to assess potential health impacts of climate change.PMID:37683506 | DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108182

Source: Environment International - September 8, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jochem O Klompmaker Francine Laden Peter James M Benjamin Sabath Xiao Wu Francesca Dominici Antonella Zanobetti Jaime E Hart Source Type: research