Seasonal variation in association between temperature change and emergency department visits: A multi-site study in China.

Background: There is limited evidence of effects and seasonal variation of temperature change on emergency department visits (EDVs).

Objective: To investigate the association between diurnal temperature range (DTR), temperature change between neighboring days (TCN) and a comprehensive collection of cause-specific EDVs in China.

Methods: We collected EDVs, weather, and air pollution data in 20 sites in China from 2014 to 2018.

Temperatures and health costs of emergency department visits: A multisite time series study in China.

Background: Evidence is limited regarding the association between temperatures and health costs.

Objectives: We tried to investigate the association between temperatures and emergency department visits (EDVs) costs in China.

Methods: Daily data on EDVs costs, weather, air pollution were collected from 17 sites in China during 2014-2018.

High temperatures and emergency department visits in 18 sites with different climatic characteristics in China: Risk assessment and attributable fraction identification.

Background: Health impacts of high temperatures on hospital emergency department visits (EDVs) have been less reported, especially from developing countries.

Objectives: To investigate high temperature-EDVs relationship in various regions with different climatic characteristics, to explore the regional differences, to identify vulnerable populations, and to provide scientific evidence for climate change adaptation strategies in China.

Methods: Daily data on weather, air pollution and EDVs were collected from 18 sites in China from June to August during 2014-2017.

An analysis of influential factors on outdoor thermal comfort in summer.

A variety of research has linked high temperature to outdoor thermal comfort in summer, but it remains unclear how outdoor meteorological environments influence people's thermal sensation in subtropical monsoon climate areas, especially in China. In order to explain the process, and to better understand the related influential factors, we conducted an extensive survey of thermally comfortable conditions in open outdoor spaces. The goal of this study was to gain an insight into the subjects' perspectives on weather variables and comfort levels, and determine the factors responsible for the varying human thermal comfort response in summer.