Rectangularization of the survival curve in the Netherlands: An analysis of underlying causes of death

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Nusselder, Wilma J ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030985058     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.3.S145     Document Type: Article

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