Regional-patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global Burden of Disease Study

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Volumn 349, Issue 9062, 1997, Pages 1347-1352

  Murray, Christopher J L ^a,c   Lopez, Alan D ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030948838     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07494-6     Document Type: Article

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