Changes in seasonal deaths from myocardial infarction

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Crawford, V L S ^a   McCann, M ^a   Stout, R W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 0037256737     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg005     Document Type: Article

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