US trends in quality-adjusted life expectancy from 1987 to 2008: Combining national surveys to more broadly track the health of the nation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Stewart, Susan T ^a,b   Cutler, David M ^c   Rosen, Allison B ^d  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; BLACK PERSON; TRENDS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OBESITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886376397     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301250     Document Type: Article

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