The Australian mortality decline: All-cause mortality 1788-1990

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Lewis, Milton ^a   Powles, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFLUENZA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAR;

EID: 0031803297     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01141.x     Document Type: Article

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