| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 404 pages)) : illustrations, portrait |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Title from PDF title page. |
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"Workshop on Mortality and Disability in the New Independent States and the Workshop on Adult Health Priorities and Policies in the New Independent States were held in September and November 1994, respectively"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. (50 plus ref.) |
| Summary |
This volume includes an overview and revised versions of 13 of the papers that were presented; the workshop agendas are presented as appendices. The volume is organized in two parts. The first deals with the magnitude, trends, and causes of premature death, while the second addresses the proximate determinants of the diseases and injuries that cause the greatest number of premature deaths and measures for their reduction." |
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Also issued in print (x, 404 pages). |
| Contents |
1. Premature Death in the New Independent States: Overview / Jose Luis Bobadilla and Christine A. Costello -- 2. Recent Trends in Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in Russia, 1970-1993 / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, France Mesle and Jacques Vallin -- 3. Spatial, Age, and Cause-of-Death Patterns of Mortality in Russia, 1988-1989 / Sergei A. Vassin and Christine A. Costello -- 4. Issues of Data Quality in Assessing Mortality Trends and Levels in the New Independent States / Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver -- 5. Mortality in the New Independent States: Patterns and Impacts / W. Ward Kingkade and Eduardo E. Arriaga -- 6. Epidemiological Transitions in the Former Socialist Economies: Divergent Patterns of Mortality and Causes of Death / Christopher J.L. Murray and Jose Luis Bobadilla -- 7. Soviet and Russian Statistics on Alcohol Consumption and Abuse / Vladimir G. Treml. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mortality, Premature. |
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Cause of Death. |
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Europe, Eastern. |
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Asia, Northern. |
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Asia, Central. |
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Mortality -- Former Soviet republics -- Congresses.
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Mortality. |
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Life expectancy -- Former Soviet republics -- Congresses.
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Life expectancy. |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bobadilla, José Luis, editor.
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Costello, Christine A., editor.
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Mitchell, Faith, 1952- editor.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population, issuing body.
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Workshop on Adult Health Priorities and Policies in the New Independent States (1994 : Washington, D.C.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Premature death in the new independent states. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997 0309057345 (DLC) 97067217 (OCoLC)37264049 |
| ISBN |
0585039461 |
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9780585039466 |
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0309057345 |
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9780309057349 |
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