The Avalanche Hypothesis and Compression of Morbidity: Testing Assumptions through Cohort-Sequential Analysis

BACKGROUND: The compression of morbidity model posits a breakpoint in the adult lifespan that separates an initial period of relative health from a subsequent period of ever increasing morbidity. Researchers often assume that such a breakpoint exists; however, this assumption is hitherto untested. P...

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Autores principales: Silberman, Jordan, Wang, Chun, Mason, Shawn T., Schwartz, Steven M., Hall, Matthew, Morrissette, Jason L., Tu, Xin M., Greenhut, Janet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25962130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123910

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25962130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123910

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