Do Americans have higher mortality than Europeans at all levels of the education distribution?: A comparison of the United States and 14 European countries

International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 313-332

  Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b   Kok, Renske ^f   Glymour, Maria ^c   Berkman, Lisa ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Kunst, Anton ^d   Mackenbach, Johan ^e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f NONE

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EID: 85014403982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/12945     Document Type: Chapter

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