TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Characterization of the 2017 summer heat waves and their effects on the population of an area of southern Italy
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Infusino, Ernesto
A1  - Caloiero, Tommaso
A1  - Fusto, Francesco
A1  - Calderaro, Gianfranco
A1  - Brutto, Angelo
A1  - Tagarelli, Giuseppe
SP  - e970
EP  - e970
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - Knowledge of bioclimatic comfort is paramount for improving people's quality of life. To this purpose, several studies related to climatic comfort/discomfort have been recently published. These studies mainly focus on the analysis of temperature and relative humidity, i.e., the main variables influencing the environmental stress in the human body. In this context, the present work aims to analyze the number of visits to the hospital emergency department made by the inhabitants of the Crati River valley (Calabria region, southern Italy) during the heat waves that accompanied the African anticyclone in the summer of 2017. The analysis of the bioclimatic comfort was performed using the humidity index. <br><br>RESULTS showed that greater the index, the higher the number of accesses to the emergency department, in particular by the most vulnerable population groups, such as children and the elderly.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030970
ID  - ref1
ER  -