Measuring health inequalities between genders and age groups with realization of potential life years (RePLY)

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 681-687

  Kam, Ki Tang ^a   Petrie, Dennis ^a   Rao, D S Prasada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; GENDER DISPARITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; POLICY MAKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

EID: 34548662446     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.037382     Document Type: Article

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