Improving life expectancy: How Many years behind has the USA fallen? A cross-national comparison among high-income countries from 1958 to 2007

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Verguet, Stéphane ^a   Jamison, Dean T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880602379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002814     Document Type: Article

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