Trends in mortality from septicaemia and pneumonia with economic development: an age-period-cohort analysis.

Hong Kong population has experienced drastic changes in its economic development in the 1940s. Taking advantage of Hong Kong's unique demographic and socioeconomic history, characterized by massive, punctuated migration waves from Southern China, and recent, rapid transition from a pre-industri...

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Main Authors: Irene O L Wong, Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung, C Mary Schooling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3375224?pdf=render