Differences in cause-of-death patterns between the native Dutch and persons of Indonesian descent in the Netherlands

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1616-1618

  Ho, Lintje ^a   Bos, Vivian ^b   Kunst, Anton E ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; NETHERLANDS; REGISTER; SUICIDE; UTERUS CANCER; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; INDONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548499648     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.086314     Document Type: Article

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