The contribution of 'holiday deaths' to seasonal variations in asthma mortality in England and Wales

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1415-1417

  Nichols, T ^a   Hansell, A ^a   Strachan, D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Death; Holidays; Mortality; Peak; Seasonal; Summer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEASONS; WALES;

EID: 0032869613     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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