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Supplement 1, 2012 - CLIMO - Climate and Mortality

Time-series analysis of weather and mortality patterns in Nairobi's informal settlements

Thaddaeus EgondiAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya;Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and global Health Umeå University SwedenCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Catherine KyobutungiAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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Sari KovatsDepartment of Social and Environmental Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Kanyiva MuindiAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya;Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and global Health Umeå University Sweden
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Remare EttarhAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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Joacim RocklövDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and global Health Umeå University Sweden
Article: 19065 | Received 28 Jun 2012, Accepted 23 Aug 2012, Published online: 23 Nov 2012

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