Why is life expectancy declining among low-educated women in the United States?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e5-e7

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Zajacova, Anna ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907187449     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302146     Document Type: Review

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