Subnational burden of disease studies: Mexico leads the way

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 0855-0856

  Tobias, Martin ^a  

^a New Zealand Health Ministry   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; NOTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEXICO; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 46349085262     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050138     Document Type: Short Survey

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