Life expectancy and changing mortality

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 322-332

  Kinsella, Kevin ^a   Velkoff, Victoria A ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cause of death; Life expectancy; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0038077392     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324458     Document Type: Article

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