Session 10
Health Consequences of Environmental and Climate Change

Note: Due to the pandemic the original sessions have been cancelled.
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Chair: William Pan, Duke University

1. Socioeconomic Factors, Climate Change and Malaria Prevalence in Sub Saharan AfricaCristina Bradatan , Texas Tech University; Sharmistha Swain, Texas Tech University; Xiaopeng Song, Texas Tech University; Brandon Wagner, Texas Tech University.

2. The Future Health Impacts of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution in India under Climate Change, Demographic Change and UrbanisationAsya Dimitrova , ISGlobal; Marois Guillaume, IIASA; Gregor Kiesewetter, IIASA; Samir KC, IIASA; Peter Rafaj, IIASA; Cathryn Tonne, ISGlobal.

3. Spatial Differences in Mortality Response to Heat Waves According to Urban-to-Rural Gradient in Southern EuropeDariya Ordanovich , Spanish National Research Council; Mathias Voigt; Michel Oris, Spanish Research Council; Diego Ramiro, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC); Francisco Viciana, Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia.

4. Does Living near Greener Areas in Cities Reduce Cause-Specific Mortality? A Longitudinal Follow-up Study in the Brussels Capital RegionLucia Rodriguez Loureiro , Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Lidia Casas, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Christophe Vanroelen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Sylvie Gadeyne, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

5. Hot Summer Nights and Cold Winter Evenings: Demographic Differential Vulnerability to Heat Waves and Cold Spells in the Metropolitan Area of ViennaErich Striessnig, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU); Roman Hoffmann, Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Raya Muttarak , Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Anna Renner, Vienna University for Economics and Business; Leora Courtney-Wolfman, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID).

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