Trends in U.S. life expectancy gradients: the role of changing educational composition.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2015-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Education

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  DOI 10.1093/ije/dyv062PMID 25939662PMCID PMC4607744
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