Influence of death from circulatory diseases on life expectancy at birth in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 450-456

  Watanabe, Tomoyuki ^a   Omori, Masako ^a   Fukuda, Hiromi ^a   Takada, Hiroki ^b   Miyao, Masaru ^b   Ohsawa, Isao ^b   Oshida, Yoshiharu ^b   Sato, Yuzo ^b   Hasegawa, Toshihiko ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Public Health

Author keywords

Circulatory diseases; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036832538     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.12.450     Document Type: Article

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