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The Excess Winter Deaths Measure: Why Its Use Is Misleading for Public Health Understanding of Cold-related Health Impacts
BACKGROUND: Excess winter deaths, the ratio between average daily deaths in December–March versus other months, is a measure commonly used by public health practitioners and analysts to assess health burdens associated with wintertime weather. We seek to demonstrate that this measure is fundamentall...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890842/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26986872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000479 |