Differences in age-standardized mortality rates for avoidable deaths based on urbanization levels in Taiwan, 1971-2008

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1776-1793

  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; Health disparities; Ischemic heart disease; Lung cancer; Taiwan; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

AGE; AGE STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; URBANIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LUNG TUMOR; TRENDS;

TAIWAN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84893631045     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110201776     Document Type: Article

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