Child mortality and cohort lifespan: A test of diminished entelechy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1264-1269

  Catalano, Ralph ^a   Bruckner, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Cohort effect; Life course; Life expectancy; Longevity

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE METHOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; WALES;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750205972     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl108     Document Type: Article

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