Comparison of risk estimates for selected diseases and causes of death

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-193

  Merrill, Ray M ^a   Kessler, Larry G ^b   Udler, Joshua M ^a   Rasband, Gloria C ^a   Feuer, Eric J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age conditional risk; Disease incidence; Disease mortality; Life table; Lifetime risk

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART INFARCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032789231     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0399     Document Type: Article

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