Mortality trends in Fiji

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-420

  Carter, Karen ^a   Cornelius, Margaret ^b   Taylor, Richard ^a,c   Ali, Shareen S ^b   Rao, Chalapati ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^a   Lewai, Vasemaca ^d   Goundar, Ramneek ^e   Mowry, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Fiji Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics   (Fiji)

^e FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiological transition; Fiji; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155192377     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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