Contemporary patterns of Pacific Island mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Bampton, Dale ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Health transition; Infant mortality rate; Life expectancy; Melanesia; Micronesia; Mortality; Pacific Island countries; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14844311226     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh337     Document Type: Review

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