About the Authors

Francesca K. de'Donato

f.dedonato@deplazio.it

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy, National Centre for the Prevention of Heat Health Effects, Department of Civil Protection, Rome, Italy

Michela Leone

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy, National Centre for the Prevention of Heat Health Effects, Department of Civil Protection, Rome, Italy

Damia Noce

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy, National Centre for the Prevention of Heat Health Effects, Department of Civil Protection, Rome, Italy

Marina Davoli

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy, National Centre for the Prevention of Heat Health Effects, Department of Civil Protection, Rome, Italy

Paola Michelozzi

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy, National Centre for the Prevention of Heat Health Effects, Department of Civil Protection, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FKD PM ML MD. Analyzed the data: ML FKD DN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML FKD DN. Wrote the paper: FKD ML PM MD.