Premature deaths in Switzerland from 1995-2006: Causes and trends

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue AUGUST, 2010, Pages

  Savidan, Anita ^a   Junker, Christoph ^b   Cerny, Thomas ^c   Ess, Silvia ^a  

^a Krebsliga St Gallen Appenzell   (Switzerland)

^b Section of Population Health   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Premature mortality; Switzerland; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84855957230     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2010.13077     Document Type: Article

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