Early life conditions and trends in mortality at later life: Is there any relationship?

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 53-55

  Amiri, Masoud ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79952723957     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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