Aging, transition, and estimating the global burden of disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Seligman, Benjamin J ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^a   Horwitz, Ralph I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956361610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020264     Document Type: Article

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