Global and regional causes of death

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-32

  Mathers, Colin D ^a   Boerma, Ties ^a   Ma Fat, Doris ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Causes of death; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGIC FACTORS AND AGENTS ACTING ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; INDIA; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049094072     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldp028     Document Type: Review

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