Seasonal variation in mortality in Moscow

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-274

  McKee, Martin ^a   Sanderson, Colin ^a   Chenet, Laurent ^a   Vassin, Sergei ^a,b   Shkolnikov, Vladimir ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

accidents; mortality; Russia; seasonal variation; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOSCOW; PERIODICITY; SEASONS;

EID: 0031692727     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024768     Document Type: Article

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