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Supplement 1, 2012 - CLIMO - Climate and Mortality

The association of meteorological factors and mortality in rural Bangladesh, 1983–2009

Wietze LindeboomCentre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change, Icddr,bDhaka, Bangladesh;Cardialysis, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nurul AlamCentre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change, Icddr,bDhaka, Bangladesh
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Dilruba BegumCentre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change, Icddr,bDhaka, Bangladesh
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Peter Kim StreatfieldCentre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change, Icddr,bDhaka, Bangladesh
Article: 19063 | Received 27 Jun 2012, Accepted 24 Sep 2012, Published online: 23 Nov 2012

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