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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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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 |