Healthy life expectancy in the context of population health and ageing in India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-207

  Lau, Robin S ^a   Johnson, Shanthi ^a   Kamalanabhan, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

disability; healthy ageing; healthy life expectancy; India; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857315176     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510376663     Document Type: Article

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