Standard expected years of life lost as a measure of mortality: Norms and reference to New Zealand data

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 452-457

  Marshall, Roger J ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ABORIGINE; AGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 14544268638     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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