Impact of Ambient Temperature on Mortality Burden and Spatial Heterogeneity in 16 Prefecture-Level Cities of a Low-Latitude Plateau Area in Yunnan Province: Time-Series Study

Yang Chen   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Lidan Zhou   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Yuanyi Zha   ⁴ , MD ;   Yujin Wang   ³ , MD ;   Kai Wang   ³ , MD ;   Lvliang Lu   ³ , MD ;   Pi Guo   ³ , PhD ;   Qingying Zhang   ³ , PhD

¹ School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China

² Institute for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control, Yunnan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Kunming, China

³ Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

⁴ Graduate School, Kunming University of Medical, Kunming, China

*these authors contributed equally