A cold-health watch and warning system for cold waves in Quebec
"Cold waves, which are particularly severe in Quebec, can affect everyone, but especially people with chronic diseases.
- "Cold waves, which are particularly severe in Quebec, can affect everyone, but especially people with chronic diseases.
- Therefore, designing an alert system similar to the one we developed for heat waves in 2010 seemed essential to us," says Professor Chebana, who led the study.
- "Excessive mortality or hospitalizations caused by cold waves are not as well-known as for heat waves, even though their impact is high during the winter.
- The article " A cold-health watch and warning system, applied to the province of Quebec (Canada) " was published in November 2020 in the journal Science of the Total Environment.