Failing Population Health: US Life Expectancy Falling Behind

Affiliations

¹ Lauren Gaydosh is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, faculty scholar at the Population Research Center, and affiliate at the Center on Aging and Population Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.

Editorial

Lauren Gaydosh. Am J Public Health. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;113(9):959-960.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307370. Epub 2023 Jul 20.

¹ Lauren Gaydosh is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, faculty scholar at the Population Research Center, and affiliate at the Center on Aging and Population Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Falling Behind: The Growing Gap in Life Expectancy Between the United States and Other Countries, 1933-2021.
Woolf SH. Woolf SH. Am J Public Health. 2023 Sep;113(9):970-980. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307310. Epub 2023 Jun 1. Am J Public Health. 2023. PMID: 37262403 Free PMC article.

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