A comparison of US and Canadian mortality in 1998

Population and Development Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 519-530

  Torrey, Barbara Boyle ^a   Haub, Carl ^a  

^a Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444260372     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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