The elimination of selected chronic diseases in a population: The compression and expansion of morbidity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-194

  Nusselder, Wilma J ^a,b,c   Van Velden, Koos Der ^a   Van Sonsbeek, Jan L A ^d   Lenior, Maria E ^b   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030020141     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.187     Document Type: Article

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