Avoidable mortality across Canada from 1975 to 1999

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  James, Paul D ^a,b,c   Manuel, Doug G ^a,c   Mao, Yang ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; INFANT; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745309682     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-137     Document Type: Article

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