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The Importance of Humidity in the Relationship between Heat and Population Mental Health: Evidence from Australia

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  • Ning Ding
  • Helen L Berry
  • Charmian M Bennett

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Despite many studies on the effects of heat on mental health, few studies have examined humidity. In order to investigate the relationship among heat, humidity and mental health, we matched data from the Social, Economic and Environmental Factors (SEEF) project with gridded daily temperature and water vapour pressure data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Logit models were employed to describe the associations among heat (assessed using temperature, °C), humidity (assessed using vapour pressure, hPa) and two measures of mental health, (i) high or very high distress (assessed using K10 scores ≥ 22) and (ii) having been treated for depression or anxiety. We found a one-unit increase in temperature and vapour pressure was associated with an increase in the occurrence of high or very high distress by 0.2% (p

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  • Ning Ding & Helen L Berry & Charmian M Bennett, 2016. "The Importance of Humidity in the Relationship between Heat and Population Mental Health: Evidence from Australia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(10), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0164190
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164190
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