OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship of anthropometrical indicators of fatness and muscularity with mortality in children in a rural African community. BACKGROUND A prospective cohort study was carried out in the rural health zone of Bwamanda, Northern Congo using a random cluster sample of 5167 children, aged 0-5 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Short- and long-term mortality rates, being de...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of material deprivation on the winter rise in mortality and temperature dependent variations in mortality. DESIGN Ecological comparison of seasonal mortality at electoral ward level. Main outcome measures were ratios of winter to rest of the year mortality rates (seasonality ratios) and monthly deaths as the outcome variable in a model with monthly average ...