Too hot and too humid in the Caribbean: Impacts of extreme heat events and non-accidental mortality in the tropical island of Puerto Rico (2015-2020)

Pablo A. Méndez-Lázaro; Claudia Di Napoli; Sona Rivas-Tumanyan; Naydi Pérez-Ríos; Lorena González Sepúlveda; Ernesto Rodríguez; Ernesto Morales; Odalys Martínez; Laura T. Cabrera-Rivera; Mónica Vanesa Sánchez -; Liza Milán

doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100484

Too hot and too humid in the Caribbean: Impacts of extreme heat events and non-accidental mortality in the tropical island of Puerto Rico (2015-2020)

Pablo A. Méndez-Lázaro
, Claudia Di Napoli
, Sona Rivas-Tumanyan
, Naydi Pérez-Ríos
, Lorena González Sepúlveda
, Ernesto Rodríguez
, Ernesto Morales
, Odalys Martínez
, Laura T. Cabrera-Rivera
, Mónica Vanesa Sánchez -
, Liza Milán

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Climate Change and Health
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100484
Publication status	Published - 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Méndez-Lázaro, P. A., Napoli, C. D., Rivas-Tumanyan, S., Pérez-Ríos, N., Sepúlveda, L. G., Rodríguez, E., Morales, E., Martínez, O., Cabrera-Rivera, L. T., Sánchez -, M. V., & Milán, L. (2025). Too hot and too humid in the Caribbean: Impacts of extreme heat events and non-accidental mortality in the tropical island of Puerto Rico (2015-2020). Journal of Climate Change and Health, 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100484

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Too hot and too humid in the Caribbean: Impacts of extreme heat events and non-accidental mortality in the tropical island of Puerto Rico (2015-2020)

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