The influence of seasonal climate variability on mortality in pre-industrial Sweden

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schumann, Barbara ^a   Edvinsson, Sören ^a   Evengård, Birgitta ^a   Rocklöv, Joacim ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Mortality; Pre industrial period; Sweden; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRE-INDUSTRIAL PERIOD; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MORTALITY; PRE-INDUSTRIAL PERIOD; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

CLIMATE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WEATHER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880177017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20153     Document Type: Article

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