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This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
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This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347869
over a limited time period. This paper examines the effect of education on mortality using information on a national roll …,by using county-level proportions of reformed districts, census data and administrative mortality data, we find that the extra … compulsory school year reduced mortality. In fact, the mortality reduction is discernible already before the age of 30 and then …
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This study examines the impact of primary-school closures during the 1918 Pandemic in Sweden on mortality and long … peak mortality rates among primary-aged individuals. However, our long-run analysis of approximately 100,000 affected …
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-to-death (TTD) effects on Long Term Care. We also account for the problem that mortality, and therefore TTD, are themselves …
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In this study we analyze the relationship between heat events and mortality in Germany. The main research questions are …: Does heat lead to rising mortality and if yes, are the effects persistent or compensated for in the near future …? Furthermore, we consider differences between heat effects in urban and rural environments. Cause specific daily mortality and …
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In this study we analyze the relationship between heat events and mortality in Germany. The main research questions are …: Does heat lead to rising mortality and if yes, are the effects persistent or compensated for in the near future …? Furthermore, we consider differences between heat effects in urban and rural environments. Cause specific daily mortality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009242266
This paper investigates the potential of an infant intervention to improve life expectancy, contributing to emerging interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which provided information, support and monitoring of...
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