Would the elimination of obesity and smoking reduce U.S. racial/ethnic/nativity disparities in total and healthy life expectancy?
Obesity and smoking are the two leading causes of preventable death and disability in the United States. Both of these health risks are socially patterned in ways that likely produce racial/ethnic/nativity disparities in total and healthy life expectancy. The current study simulates the extent to wh...
Main Authors: | Michelle L. Frisco, Jennifer Van Hook, Robert A. Hummer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827318303513 |
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