World mortality 1950-2000: Divergence replaces convergence from the late 1980s

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-209

  Moser, Kath ^a   Shkolnikov, Vladimir ^b   Leon, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health status indicators; Life expectancy trends; Mortality trends; Time factors

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ADULT MORTALITY; ARTICLE; DISPERSION MEASUREMENT OF MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED NATIONS;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 15244358103     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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