Temporal trend analysis of avoidable mortality in Taiwan, 1971-2008: Overall progress, with areas for further medical or public health investment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Brian K ^a   Yang, Chun Yuh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avoidable mortality; Breast cancer; Lung cancer; Standard estimated years of life lost; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84878489492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-551     Document Type: Article

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