Cold exposure and winter mortality from ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease, and all causes in warm and cold regions of Europe

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9062, 1997, Pages 1341-1346

  Keatinge, W R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREECE; HEATING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHIVERING; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 0030898835     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)12338-2     Document Type: Article

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