Regional differences in mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention in The Netherlands: A comparison of four time periods

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 325-332

  Mackenbach, J P ^a   Kunst, A E ^a   Looman, C W N ^a   Habbema, J D F ^a   Van Der Maas, P J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0024164558     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.42.4.325     Document Type: Article

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