Trends in mortality from septicaemia and pneumonia with economic development: An age-period-cohort analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Irene O L ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS;

EID: 84862259313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038988     Document Type: Article

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