Estimating the Effect of Smoking on Slowdowns in Mortality Declines in Developed Countries.

Declines in mortality rates for females at older ages in some developed countries, including the United States, have slowed in recent decades even as decreases have steadily continued in some other countries. This study presents a modified version of the indirect Peto-Lopez method, which uses lung c...

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Published in:	Demography Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 461 - 480
Main Authors:	Rostron, Brian L., Wilmoth, John R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. May 2011
Subjects:	Women's mortality Smoking Life expectancy Cancer-related mortality Lung cancer United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost