由不同國家2019冠病毒疾病死亡率差異談死亡率可比性問題

Explaining national differences in mortality from COVID-19: issues on comparability

10.6288/TJPH.202008_39(4).109062

呂宗學(Tsung-Hsueh Lu)

台灣公共衛生雜誌

39卷4期（2020 / 08 / 24）

356 - 363

繁體中文

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