Mortality patterns in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999-2003

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Abu Rmeileh, Niveen M E ^a   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a   Abu Arqoub, Omar ^b   Hamad, Mutasem ^b   Giacaman, Rita ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Palestinian Ministry of Health   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY;

EID: 58149114957     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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