Health status of 'Ruhr-City' in 2025 - Predicted disease burden for the metropolitan Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 534-540

  Terschüren, Claudia ^a   Mekel, Odile C L ^a   Samson, Reinhard ^b   Claßen, Thomas K D ^b   Hornberg, Claudia ^b   Fehr, Rainer ^a  

^a NRW Institute of Health and Work   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Chronic diseases; Demographic change; Germany; Urbanized area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349505848     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp060     Document Type: Article

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