Short-term relationships between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.authorHeunis, J. C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOlivier, J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBourne, D. E.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:57:11Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:57:11Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionCITATION: Heunis, J. C., Olivier, J. & Bourne, D. E. 1995. Short-term relationships between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town. South African Medical Journal, 85(10):1016-1019.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractThe short-term relationship between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town was investigated for the period 1978-1985. The mortality data were stratified according to age (0-4 years, 5-59 years, 60 years and older), while the temperature data comprised daily maximum and minimum temperatures at Cape Town International Airport. The analyses identified a strong lagged relationship between extreme (high and low) temperatures and daily mortality, and it was established that large daily temperature variations were associated with above-average mortality rates.
dc.description.versionPublisher’s version
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7243
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journal
dc.subjectHeart -- Diseases -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectLow temperaturesen_ZA
dc.subjectCape Town (South Africa) -- Environmental conditionsen_ZA
dc.titleShort-term relationships between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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