"I don't like Mondays"-day of the week of coronary heart disease deaths in Scotland: study of routinely collected data.

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Published in BMJ on January 22, 2000

Authors

C Evans1, J Chalmers, S Capewell, A Redpath, A Finlayson, J Boyd, J Pell, J McMurray, K Macintyre, L Graham

Author Affiliations

1: Information and Statistics Division, National Health Service in Scotland, Trinity Park House, Edinburgh EH5 3SQ.

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