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Heatwaves and Air Pollution: A Deadly Combination for Human Health in South Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2023

Shahreen Hasan ,
Ashiqur Rahman Tamim ,
Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary Open the ORCID record for Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary [Opens in a new window] ,
Mehedi Hasan ,
Md. Atiqur Rahman ,
Mondira Bardhan Open the ORCID record for Mondira Bardhan [Opens in a new window] ,
Md. Pervez Kabir ,
Dongying Li  and
Matthew HEM Browning
Shahreen Hasan
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
Ashiqur Rahman Tamim
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Environmental Science Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary*
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Environmental Science Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Mehedi Hasan
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Md. Atiqur Rahman
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Environmental Science Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Mondira Bardhan
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina USA
Md. Pervez Kabir
Affiliation:
Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Dongying Li
Affiliation:
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA
Matthew HEM Browning
Affiliation:
Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina USA
*
Correspondence: Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative Khulna, Bangladesh Environmental Science Discipline, Life Science School Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh E-mail: [email protected]
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air pollutionheatwavesSouth Asia
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 274 - 275
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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