The impact of the major causes of death on life expectancy in Italy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 905-910

  Conti, Susanna ^a   Farchi, Gino ^a   Masocco, Maria ^a   Toccaceli, Virgilia ^a   Vichi, Monica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accidents; AIDS; Cardiovascular diseases; Competing risks; Decomposition; Life expectancy; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ITALY;

EID: 0032718316     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.5.905     Document Type: Article

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