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International differences in mortality at older ages : dimensions and sources
- Title
- International differences in mortality at older ages : dimensions and sources / Eileen M. Crimmins, Samuel H. Preston, and Barney Cohen, editors ; Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.
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- Description
- x, 418 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Diverging trends in life expectancy at age 50 : a look at causes of death / Dana A. Glei, France Mesle, and Jacques Vallin -- Are international differences in health similar to international differences in life-expectancy? / Eileen M. Crimmins, Krista Garcia, and Jung Ki Kim -- Contribution of smoking to international differences in life expectancy / Samuel H. Preston, Dana A. Glei, and John R. Wilmoth -- Divergent patterns of smoking across high-income nations / Fred Pampel -- Can obesity account for cross-national differences in life expectancy trends? / Dawn E. Alley, Jennifer Lloyd, and Michelle Shardell -- The contribution of physical activity to divergent trends in longevity / Andrew Steptoe and Anna Wikman -- Do cross-country variations in social integration and social interactions explain differences in life expectancy in industrialized countries? / James Banks ... [et al.] -- Low life expectancy in the United States : is the health care system at fault? / Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Ho -- Can hormone therapy account for American women's survival disadvantage? / Noreen Goldman -- Do Americans have higher mortality than Europeans because they have higher excess mortality at lower socioeconomic levels? : a comparison of mortality by education in the United States and 14 European countries / Mauricio Avendano ... [et al.] -- Geographic differences in life expectancy at age 50 in the United States compared with other high-income countries / John Wilmoth, Carl Boe, and Magali Barbieri -- Renewed progress in life expectancy : the case of the Netherlands / Johan Mackenbach and Joop Garssen -- The divergent life expectancy trends in Denmark and Sweden : and some potential explanations / Kaare Christensen ... [et al.].
- ISBN
- 9780309157339 (book)
- 0309157331 (book)
- 9780309157346 (pdf)
- 030915734X (pdf)
- LCCN
- 2010037982
- OCLC
- ocn656784682
- 656784682
- SCSB-5566232
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- Columbia University Libraries