Seasonal variation of overall and cardiovascular mortality: A study in 19 countries from different geographic locations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Marti Soler, Helena ^a   Gonseth, Semira ^a,b   Gubelmann, Cédric ^a   Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^c   Wojtyniak, Bogdan ^d   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Tsai, Dai Hua ^a   Zdrojewski, Tomasz ^e   Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OVERALL MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; WINTER; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; NEW ZEALAND; SEASON; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84913555246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113500     Document Type: Article

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