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A set of indicators for decomposing the secular increase of life expectancy

BACKGROUND: The ongoing increase in life expectancy in developed countries is associated with changes in the shape of the survival curve. These changes can be characterized by two main, distinct components: (i) the decline in premature mortality, i.e., the concentration of deaths around some high va...

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Autores principales: Rousson, Valentin, Paccaud, Fred
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20534111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-8-18