The effect of temperature on mortality in rural Bangladesh-a population-based time-series study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1689-1697

  Hashizume, Masahiro ^a   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^b   Hayashi, Taiichi ^c   Saha, Sajal K ^d   Streatfield, Kim ^d   Yunus, Mohammad ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate; Mortality; Rural; Temperature; Time series; Weather

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BANGLADESH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349098454     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn376     Document Type: Article

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