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245 0 0 _aAdult mortality in developed countries :
_bfrom description to explanation /
_cedited by Alan D. Lopez, Graziella Caselli, and Tapani Valkonen.
260 _aOxford :
_bClarendon Press,
_c1995.
300 _axvi, 361 p. :
_bill., maps.
440 0 _aInternational studies in demography
505 0 _aCh.1 Moving from Description to Explanation of Adult Mortality: Issues and Approaches / Alan D. Lopez, Graziella Caselli, Tapani Valkonen -- Ch.2 Causal Theories and Models in the Study of Mortality / Evelyne Thiltges, Josianne Duchene, Guillaume Wunsch -- Ch.3 Conceptual Frameworks for the Investigation of Mortality from Major Cardio-vascular Diseases / Robert Beaglehole -- Ch.4 Assessing Mortality Differentials Using Life Histories: A Method and Applications / Mohamed Salhi, Graziella Caselli, Josianne Duchene, Viviana Egidi, Antonio Santini, Evelyne Thiltges, Guillaume Wunsch -- Ch.5 Suicide Mortality in Developed Countries / Lado T. Ruzicka -- Ch.6 The Lung Cancer Epidemic in Developed Countries / Alan D. Lopez -- Ch. 7 Mortality and the Position of Women in Developed Countries / Constance A. Nathanson -- Ch.8 Contributions of Biological and Behavioural Factors to Changing Sex Differences in Ischaemic Heart Disease Mortality / Ingrid Waldron -- Ch.9 Can Sex Differentials in Mortality be Explained by Socio-economic Mortality Differentials? / Jacques Vallin -- Ch.10 The Association between Unemployment and Mortality: Causation or Selection? / Tapani Valkonen, Pekka Martikainen -- Ch.11 Socio-economic Mortality Differentials among Adults in Sweden / Denny Vagero, Olle Lundberg -- Ch.12 Social Differentials in Mortality: The Whitehall Studies / Michael Marmot 2 -- Ch.13 Regional Differences in Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease in Finland / Seppo Koskinen -- Ch.14 Socio-economic and Cultural Determinants of Regional Mortality Patterns in the Netherlands / Johan P. Mackenbach, Anton E. Kunst -- Ch.15 Policy-Relevant Health Information: The Canadian Experience in Assessing Socio-economic Differentials in Mortality / Russell Wilkins -- Ch.16 Setting Objectives for Preventable Mortality and Promoting Healthful Behaviours: Experience from the United States / Michael A. Stoto .
650 0 2 _aMortality.
650 0 2 _aSocioeconomic factors.
651 2 _aDeveloped countries.
700 1 _aLopez, Alan D.
700 1 _aCaselli, Graziella.
700 1 _aValkonen, Tapani.
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