Singapore's burden of disease and injury 2004

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 468-478

  Phua, H P ^a   Chua, A V L ^a   Ma, Stefan ^a   Heng, D ^b   Chew, S K ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b Biostatistics and Research   (Singapore)

^c Health Services Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Morbidity; Population health problems; Premature mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149125946     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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