Hepatitis A-related mortality in California, 1989-2000: Analysis of multiple cause - Coded death data

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 900-905

  Wise, Matthew E ^a,b   Sorvillo, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17844404527     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.035485     Document Type: Article

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