Effects of heat waves on human health:a review of recent study
In recent years,with the global climate wanning,extreme climate events associated with high temperature in summer heat wave as the frequent occurrence of extreme weather events impact on human health is particularly prominent.Influencing factors of heat health effects include indoor temperature,anthropogenic heat,air pollution and population economic and social factors and so on.Heat wave is an important risk for death and disease related factors,can lead to many diseases and deaths increased,especially the impact on cardiovascular disease,respiratory system disease greatly.The sensitive crowd to heat wave is mainly the elderly and children,people in mid latitudes are more sensitive.This paper summarized the heat wave definition,classification,distribution,influencing factors,the effect on health,epidemiological characteristics and research methods,the importance of research on vulnerability and early warning of health effects of heat wave are put forward.