What's killing Americans in the prime of life?

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-311

  Jenkins, C David ^a   Runyan, Desmond K ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; CANADA; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944403417     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/W6NF-5XX2-7HH1-J608     Document Type: Article

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