Health expectancy in Greenland

Background: Mortality and disease patterns in Greenland have greatly changed since the 1950s. Infectious diseases have decreased markedly; chronic diseases, suicides and violent deaths have increased. Methods: Life tables for the period 1991-95 were used and health status was derived from the 1993/9...

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Published in:Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Main Authors: Iburg, Kim Moesgaard, Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik, Bjerregaard, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2001
Subjects:
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Medicine
Greenland
Sullivan
inuit
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948010290010501
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14034948010290010501

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