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THE paper by Waller and Lawther1 commenting on our report of a decrease in mortality during the 1974 fuel crisis2 raises some interesting and important points. We chose two separate countries to examine the possible effects on mortality of the fuel crisis for the purposes of testing consistency. Although both Alameda and San Francisco Counties are in the San Francisco Bay Area, they vary somewhat in age and racial composition, in density of population, in occupational structure, and in weather conditions. Yet both counties showed a drop in mortality during the first quarter of 1974.
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Waller, R. E., Lawther, P. J., Nature, 259, 559–560 (1976).
Brown, S. M., Marmot, M. G., Sacks, S. T., Kwok, L. W., Nature, 257, 306–307 (1975).
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MARMOT, M., BROWN, S., SACKS, S. et al. Mortality and the 1974 fuel crisis. Nature 259, 560–561 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259560a0
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