The identification of environmental factors in various disease processes by analysing the variation in disease-specific mortality rates.
D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D009520:New Zealand; D009664:Norway; D012606:Scotland; D013548:Sweden; D013557:Switzerland; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000401:mortality; D014852:Wales