Place of death in Andalusia: Influence of age, gender and cause of death;El lugar de la muerte en Andalucía: influencia de la edad, sexo y causa de defunción

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Ruiz Ramos, M ^a   Javier Garcia Leon F ^a   Mendez Martinez C ^a  

^a Consejería de Salud ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Andalusia; Cause of death; Death certificate; Hospital; Place of death; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 79953118819     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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