Rapid increase in Japanese life expectancy after World War II

BioScience Trends

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-16

  Sugiura, Yasuo ^a   Ju, Young Su ^b   Yasuoka, Junko ^c   Jimba, Masamine ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community based activity; Education; Japanese life expectancy; Law; Per capita GDP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 77953096697     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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