Seasonality in Human Mortality : A Demographic Approach

by Roland Rau

In Western countries of the Northern hemisphere, mortality is typically larger in winter than in summer which is attributed to the detrimental effects of cold to health. This book investigates whether sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors play a role as important for seasonal mortality as they do for mortality in general

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Rau, Roland
Publisher:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject:	Sterblichkeit \| Mortality \| Bevölkerungsentwicklung \| Demographic development \| Saisonale Schwankungen \| Seasonal variations \| Jahreszeit \| Vergleich
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (XV, 216 p, online resource)
Series:	Demographic Research Monographs, A Series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany SpringerLink / Bücher
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Literaturverz. S. 187 - 214 Introduction; Literature Review; Measuring Seasonality; Seasonal Analysis of Death Counts in the United States; The Impact of Social Factors on Excess Winter Mortality in Denmark; Outlook: The Impact of Reducing Cold-Related Mortality; Concluding Chapter: Summary of Findings
ISBN:	978-3-540-44902-7 ; 978-3-540-44900-3
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-540-44902-7 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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