Potential gains in health expectancy by improving lifestyle: an application for European regions

Abstract Background Prevention aiming at smoking, alcohol consumption, and BMI could potentially bring large gains in life expectancy (LE) and health expectancy measures such as Healthy Life Years (HLY) and Life Expectancy in Good Perceived Health (LEGPH) in the European Union. However, the potentia...

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Main Authors: Koen Füssenich, Wilma J. Nusselder, Stefan K. Lhachimi, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Talitha F. Feenstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12963-018-0181-5