Daily mortality in Madrid community 1986-1992: Relationship with meteorological variables

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 571-578

  Alberdi, Juan Carlos ^a   Díaz, Julio ^a,b   Montero, Juan Carlos ^a   Mirón, Isidro ^a  

^a Ctro Univ de Salud Pub de Madrid   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Mortality; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; WEATHER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 0031702675     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007498305075     Document Type: Article

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