Seasonal patterns of deaths in Matlab, Bangladesh

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 814-823

  Becker, Stan ^a   Weng, Shigui ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Matlab Demographic Surveillance System; Mortality; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031788603     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.5.814     Document Type: Article

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