A method for deriving leading causes of death

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-304

  Becker, Roberto ^a   Silvi, John ^a   Fat, Doris Ma ^b   L'Hours, André ^b   Laurenti, Ruy ^c  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cause of death standards; Mortality trends

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; TREND ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645538382     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.028670     Document Type: Article

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