Quantifying the burden of disease due to premature mortality in Hong Kong using standard expected years of life lost

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Plass, Dietrich ^a   Chau, Patsy Yuen Kwan ^b   Thach, Thuan Quoc ^b   Jahn, Heiko J ^a   Lai, Poh Chin ^b   Wong, Chit Ming ^b   Kraemer, Alexander ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Hong Kong; SEYLL; Standard expected years of life lost

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84884199802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-863     Document Type: Article

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