Closing the east-west life expectancy gap in the European union: A new strategy

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-242

  Lens Pechakova, Lilia Stoyanova ^a,b  

^a LILE Editions   (Belgium)

^b HLEB Healthy Life Expectancy Bulgaria ^*  (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; STATISTICS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84898954461     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2013.1482     Document Type: Article

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