Excess cardiovascular mortality associated with cold spells in the Czech Republic

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kysely, Jan ^a   Pokorna, Lucie ^a   Kyncl, Jan ^b,c   Kriz, Bohumir ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 60149105168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-19     Document Type: Article

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