Revisiting the “Christmas Holiday Effect” in the Southern Hemisphere

BackgroundA “Christmas holiday effect” showing elevated cardiovascular mortality over the Christmas holidays (December 25 to January 7) was demonstrated previously in study from the United States. To separate the effect of seasonality from any holiday effect, a matching analysis was conducted for Ne...

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Main Authors: Josh Knight, Chris Schilling, Adrian Barnett, Rod Jackson, Phillip Clarke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.005098