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Differential Associations of Heat Metrics with Wellbeing across 13 Thai Provinces: The Role of Social Vulnerability in a Longitudinal Cohort of Older Adults

2026-01-08 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundLongitudinal evidence on the association between temperature fluctuations and psychological wellbeing remains limited, particularly in ageing populations of Southeast Asia. This study examines how heat exposure affects multiple wellbeing outcomes among older adults in Thailand. MethodsWe linked longitudinal data from 16,002 observations in the Health, Aging, and Retirement in Thailand (HART) study (2015-2023) with province-level meteorological data. Using a multilevel mixed-effects mo...

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