Regional life expectancy patterns in Lithuania

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-104

  Kalediene, Ramune ^a   Petrauskiene, Jadvyga ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Life expectancy; Regional inequalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LITHUANIA; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033934131     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/10.2.101     Document Type: Article

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