Trends in Life Expectancy: Learning From International Comparisons

Affiliations

¹ Mateo P. Farina is with the School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and with the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.

Editorial

Mateo P Farina. Am J Public Health. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;113(9):954-955.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307365. Epub 2023 Jul 20.

¹ Mateo P. Farina is with the School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and with the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, 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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