Direct estimation of life expectancy in the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2003

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-84

  Pourmalek, F ^a   Abolhassani, F ^b   Naghavi, M ^c   Mohammad, K ^a   Majdzadeh, R ^a   Holakouie Naeini, K ^a   Fotouhi, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BRASS GROWTH BALANCE METHOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH RATE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649832365     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.76     Document Type: Article

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