Session 8C Thermal Environment and Human Health III

Tuesday, 30 September 2014: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Conference Room 1 (Embassy Suites Cleveland - Rockside)
Host: 20th International Congress of Biometeorology
Chair:
Chris Uejio, Florida State University, Geography, Program in Public Health, Tallahassee, FL

Papers:
3:30 PM
8C.1
Effects of Moderate Strength Cold Air Activity on Hypertensive Patients
Shuyu Zhang, Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; and X. Zhang, C. Wang, and B. Wang

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3:45 PM
8C.2
Hypothermia Mortality in the United States: A Quantitative Assessment of Meteorological Thresholds
Jeremy Spencer, The University of Akron, Akron, OH; and S. C. Sheridan

4:00 PM
8C.3
Influence of heat waves on ischemic heart diseases in Germany – present situation and climate change
Stefan Zacharias, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany; and C. Koppe and H. G. Muecke

4:15 PM
8C.4
Heat stroke related hospitalizations in older adults: disproportionally high impact of the first heat wave
Ruiruo Wu, Tufts University, Medford, MA; and A. Liss, K. Chui, and E. N. Naumova

4:30 PM
8C.5
ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE TO AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Alexander Liss, Tufts University, School of Engineering, Medford, MA; and G. E. Metcalf, M. Koch, and E. N. Naumova

4:45 PM
8C.6
Assessing Risk to Heat Waves and Cold Spells using a Distributed Lag Non-Linear Model
Michael J. Allen, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

5:00 PM
8C.7
Observation time, temperature diurnality, and weather variable selection influence heat-related mortality
Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and D. M. Hondula and A. Patel

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