Mortality and temperature in Sofia and London

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 628-633

  Pattenden, S ^a   Nikiforov, B ^b   Armstrong, B G ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

BULGARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; HUMANS; LONDON; MORTALITY;

BULGARIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041766802     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.8.628     Document Type: Article

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