The changing face of death in Trinidad and Tobago, before and after independence

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-459

  Mungrue, K ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Epidemiological transition; Gdp; Infant mortality; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; MALARIA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; TETANUS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADULT; COLONIALISM; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84865994370     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2012.129     Document Type: Article

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