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. 2016 Oct 2;8(10):2603-2604.
doi: 10.18632/aging.101057.

Lower mortality rates in those living at moderate altitude

Martin Burtscher  1
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Lower mortality rates in those living at moderate altitude

Martin Burtscher. Aging (Albany NY). .
No abstract available

Keywords: altitude; cancer; cardiovascular disease; mortality.

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Figure 1
Altitude-dependent decrease of age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR, 95% CI) from male colorectal cancer (squares) and female breast cancer (triangles). The numbers indicate N of deaths from male colorectal cancer (upper line) and from female breast cancer (lower line) at different altitudes.
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