Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: Leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Renard, Françoise ^a   Tafforeau, Jean ^a   Deboosere, Patrick ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Causes of death; Mortality rates; Potential years of life lost; Premature mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988876282     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-3258-72-34     Document Type: Article

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