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Extreme Heat Exposureand All-Cause Mortality in ChronicKidney Disease: A Nationwide Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Studyof More Than One Million Patients

Paper A Peer reviewed Meta-analysis or large trial

Key takeaways

Extreme heat exposure linked to higher death risk in patients with kidney disease. The study used a case-crossover design over 10 years.

Who did this work

Yun Woo Roh (Pusan National University) · Jin Kyung Kwon (Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center) · Seung Hyun Han (Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) · Hyemin Jang (Seoul National University) · Ho Kim (Seoul National University) · Whanhee Lee (Pusan National University) · Jin Kyung Kwon (New Generation University College)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-13
https://doi.org/10.1021/envhealth.6c00188