Burden of disease in Japan: Using national and subnational data to inform local health policy

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 136-143

  Gilmour, Stuart ^a   Liao, Yi ^a   Bilano, Ver ^a   Shibuya, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Burden of disease; Comparative risk factor analysis; Health policy; Japan; Non communicable disease

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EFFECT SIZE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84902496038     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.3.136     Document Type: Article

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