Are international differences in health similar to international differences in life expectancy?

International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 68-101

  Crimmins, Eileen M ^a,b   Garcia, Krista ^a   Kim, Jung Ki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85014291410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/12945     Document Type: Chapter

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