The association of weather and mortality in bangladesh from 1983-2009

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 53-60

  Alam, Nurul ^a   Lindeboom, Wietze ^a,b   Begum, Dilruba ^a   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^a  

^a Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^b CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abhoynagar; Bangladesh; Mortality; Rainfall; Rural; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877110877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.19121     Document Type: Article

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