%0 Journal Article
%T Excess mortality
%J MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
%D 1955
%A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 
%V 4
%N 32
%P 1-2
%X This is the 6th successive week that the number of deaths reported in the major cities exceeded the 3-year median for the corresponding week, 1952 to 1954.This increase in deaths during July and the first half of August is associated with the prolonged hot spell experienced by a large section of the United States.
%G en
%I U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
%@ 0149-2195
%U http://dx.doi.org/