Socioeconomic factors and all cause and cause-specific mortality among older people in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cohort study.

Socioeconomic factors and all cause and cause-specific mortality among older people in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Even in low and middle income countries most deaths occur in older adults. In Europe, the effects of better education and home ownership upon mortality seem to persist into old age, but these effects may not generalise to LMICs. Reliable data on causes and determinants...

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Main Authors: Cleusa P Ferri, Daisy Acosta, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, Juan J Llibre-Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Ana Luisa Sosa, Joseph D Williams, Ciro Gaona, Zhaorui Liu, Lisseth Noriega-Fernandez, A T Jotheeswaran, Martin J Prince
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001179&type=printable
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