Seasonality of deaths with respect to age and cause in Chitral District Pakistan.

BACKGROUND:Seasonal variability in mortality has been studied in various regions globally. Proper evaluation of seasonally fluctuating mortality is important to establish effective public health measures. We investigated the overall, age-specific, and cause-specific seasonality of deaths in Chitral...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Asif, Khalid Nawaz, Zafar Zaheer, Helene Thygesen, Amani Abu-Shaheen, Muhammad Riaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225994