Commentary: Reliable measurement of the causes of mortality in developing countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 651-653

  Jha, Prabhat ^a   Jacob, Binu ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHINA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STROKE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 34547843670     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym108     Document Type: Note

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