Length of life inequality around the globe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1114-1123

  Smits, Jeroen ^a   Monden, Christiaan ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Cross national comparison; Inequality; Length of life; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 61649113951     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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