Excess winter deaths in Europe: A multi-country descriptive analysis

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 339-345

  Fowler, Tom ^a,b   Southgate, Rosamund J ^a   Waite, Thomas ^a   Harrell, Ruth ^a   Kovats, Sari ^c   Bone, Angie ^a   Doyle, Yvonne ^a,d   Murray, Virginia ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84926680545     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku073     Document Type: Article

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