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- Title
Excess winter mortality in Europe: a cross country analysis identifying key risk factors.
- Authors
Healy, J D
- Abstract
Much debate remains regarding why certain countries experience dramatically higher winter mortality. Potential causative factors other than cold exposure have rarely been analysed. Comparatively less research exists on excess winter deaths in southern Europe. Multiple time series data on a variety of risk factors are analysed against seasonal-mortality patterns in 14 European countries to identify key relations Subjects and setting: Excess winter deaths (all causes), 1988-97, EU-14.
- Publication
Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2003, Vol 57, Issue 10, p784
- ISSN
0143-005X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jech.57.10.784