Climate change, heat waves, and cold spells as risk factors for increased mortality in some regions of Russia

In this paper, the authors systematize the results of their original investigations into quantitative indicators of interactions between indicators of air temperature, air-pollution, and population mortality. The application of the time series method made it possible to identify the quantitative parameters of the impact made by temperature waves on mortality rates in Moscow (2000—2006) and in northern cities, such as Archangelsk, Murmansk, Magadan, and Yakutsk (1999–2007).