Temporal trends in mortality in the United States, 1969-2013

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1731-1739

  Ma, Jiemin ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Siegel, Rebecca L ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY; NEOPLASM; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; TRENDS;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84945314734     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.12319     Document Type: Article

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