Estimated causes of death in Thailand, 2005: Implications for health policy

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Porapakkham, Yawarat ^a   Rao, Chalapati ^b   Pattaraarchachai, Junya ^c   Polprasert, Warangkana ^d   Vos, Theo ^b   Adair, Timothy ^b   Lopez, Alan D ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Thummathirat Open University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

THAILAND;

EID: 77952257269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-14     Document Type: Article

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