2020/05/01 by Thomas Longden, Simon Quilty, Philip Haywood +2 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Medicine · Health Professions · #Climate Change and Health Impacts #Thermoregulation and physiological responses #Global Health Care Issues
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30100-5
openalex publication_date 2020/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
National mortality records in Australia suggest substantial under-reporting of heat-related mortality. Less than 0·1% of 1·7 million deaths between 2006 and 2017 were attributed directly or indirectly to excessive natural heat (table). However, recent research1 indicates that official records underestimate the association at least 50-fold.