Seasonal patterns of cardiovascular disease mortality of adults in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1082-1089

  Kynast Wolf, Gisela ^a   Preuß, Michael ^b   Sié, Ali ^c   Kouyaté, Bocar ^d   Becher, Heiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^d Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

adult mortality; Burkina Faso; cardiovascular disease; demographic surveillance; hot dry season; verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BURKINA FASO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 77955412172     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02586.x     Document Type: Article

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