TY - JOUR T1 - Mortality and bioclimatic discomfort in Emilia-Romagna, Italy JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 536 LP - 537 DO - 10.1136/jech.56.7.536 VL - 56 IS - 7 AU - S Zauli Sajani AU - G Garaffoni AU - C A Goldoni AU - A Ranzi AU - S Tibaldi AU - P Lauriola Y1 - 2002/07/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/56/7/536.abstract N2 - Many researches have highlighted the influence of climate on mortality, showing a high increase in mortality in summer time during “heatwaves”, periods with very high temperature and humidity levels. This relation seems to be stronger than those between mortality and other environmental factors, such as atmospheric pollution.1 According to estimates made in the United States and Greece, unusual heatwaves could cause a 100% increase in daily mortality with respect to the period mean value,2,3 and it might also be speculated that most of such deaths would not have occurred. The greatest effects have been detected in cities with high but episodic peaks of intensly hot weather, such as Chicago, New York, Athens, and Rome. The relevance of such studies is … ER -