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. 2015 Dec 8;112(49):15006-7.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519763112. Epub 2015 Nov 10.

Losing ground at midlife in America

Ellen Meara  1 , Jonathan Skinner  2
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Losing ground at midlife in America

Ellen Meara et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Proportional change in mortality 1999–2013, by race and ethnicity. Data from table 1 in ref. .
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