How many years of life did the fall of the berlin wall add? a projection of east german life expectancy

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-282

  Vogt, Tobias C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Mortality; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84877873870     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346355     Document Type: Article

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