Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: action on outdoor cold stress is needed to reduce winter mortality.

What it found

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4. Heat or Cold: Which One Exerts Greater Deleterious Effects on Health in a Basin Climate City? Impact of Ambient Temperature on Mortality in Chengdu, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
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  Vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: population based study.2004

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