Longer-Term Impact of High and Low Temperature on Mortality: An International Study to Clarify Length of Mortality Displacement

Conclusions: These results provide strong evidence that most deaths associated in daily analyses with heat and cold are displaced by at least 1 y. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1756 Received: 10 February 2017 Revised: 25 September 2017 Accepted: 26 September 2017 Published: 27 October 2017 Address correspondence to B. Armstrong, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., London WC1E 7HT, UK. Telephone: 0044 (0)20 79272232. Email: ben.armstrong@lshtm.ac.uk Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1756). The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests. Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due to the complexity of the information being presented. If you need assistance accessing journal content, please contact ehponline@niehs.nih.gov. Our staff will work with you to assess and meet your accessibility needs within 3 working days. Supplemental Material PDF (276 KB) Supplemental Code and Data Zip File (9 KB) Note to readers with disabilities: EHP has provided a 508-conformant table of contents summarizing the Supplemental Material for this article (see below) so readers with disabilities may determine whether they wish to access the full, nonconformant Supplemental Material. If you need assistance acce...
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