Open AccessExcess winter morbidity among older people at risk of cold homes: a population-based study in a London borough
Author(s) -
Janet Rudge,
Robynne Gilchrist
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdi051
Subject(s) - fuel poverty , demography , confidence interval , medicine , odds ratio , population , logistic regression , gerontology , environmental health , protocol (science) , sociology , pathology , alternative medicine
Fuel poverty frequently affects older low-income households, in homes that are difficult to heat. Excess winter deaths occurring in Britain are widely attributed to effects of cold. This pilot study examined the demonstrability of a relationship between older people's health and fuel poverty risk, using morbidity data.
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