The role of smoking on mortality compression: An analysis of finnish occupational social classes, 1971-2010

Demographic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 589-620

  van Raalte, Alyson A ^a   Myrskylä, Mikko ^a,b,c   Martikainen, Pekka ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84924755633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.20     Document Type: Article

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