Economic level and human longevity: Spatial and temporal variations and correlation analysis of per capita GDP and longevity indicators in China

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-102

  Wang, Shaobin ^a,b   Luo, Kunli ^a   Liu, Yonglin ^c   Zhang, Shixi ^d   Lin, Xiaoxu ^e   Ni, Runxiang ^a,b   Tian, Xinglei ^a,b   Gao, Xing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Correlation analysis; Economic level; Longevity; Spatial and temporal variations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84931562761     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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