Stagnation in Mortality Decline Among Elders in The Netherlands

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 722-734

  Janssen, Fanny ^a   Nusselder, Wilma J ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Causes of death; Frailty; Smoking; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0142180985     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.5.722     Document Type: Article

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