Month of birth and mortality in Sweden: a nation-wide population-based cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Month of birth--an indicator for a variety of prenatal and early postnatal exposures--has been associated with life expectancy in adulthood. On the northern hemisphere, people born in the autumn live longer than those born during the spring. Only one study has followed...

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Main Authors: Peter Ueda, Anna-Karin Edstedt Bonamy, Fredrik Granath, Sven Cnattingius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23457566/?tool=EBI