Certification of deaths from diabetes mellitus and obesity in England: Trends into the twenty-first century

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-297

  Duncan, Marie E ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

death certification; diabetes; England; mortality; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEATH CERTIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH CERTIFICATION; DIABETES; ENGLAND; MORTALITY; OBESITY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84878893255     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds074     Document Type: Article

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