International Handbook of Adult Mortality

International Handbook of Adult Mortality

This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of unprecedented substantive, theoretical, methodological, and statistical developments and insights, and an in-depth examination of trends and patterns, in adult mortality around the world. With over two dozen chapters and more than fif...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rogers, Richard G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Crimmins, Eileen M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
Σειρά:International Handbooks of Population, 2
Θέματα:
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Demography.
Social Sciences.
Sociology, general.
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction – Mortality Framework and Context : Richard Rogers and Eileen Crimmins
  • Part 1: Historical Trends
  • Chapter 1. Historical Trends in Mortality: France Meslé and Jacques Vallin, INED
  • Part 2: Temporal and Spatial Trends Associated with Mortality
  • Chapter 2. Comparative International Trends: Europe: Marc Luy, Christian Wegner, Wolfgang Lutz, IIASA, and Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Chapter 3. Adult Mortality in the Former Soviet Union: Michael Murphy, London School of Economics
  • Chapter 4. Latin America and the Caribbean from 1850 to the Present: Alberto Palloni, Northwestern University
  • Chapter 5. Adult Mortality in Asia: Zhongwei Zhao, Australian National University
  • Chapter 6. Adult Mortality Trends in Africa: Georges Reniers, Princeton University, Bruno Masquelier, UCL, Belgium, and Patrick Gerland, UN
  • Chapter 7. Global Trends in AIDS Mortality: John Bongaarts, Population Council, and François Pelletier, United Nations Population Division, and Patrick Gerland, UN Pop. Division
  • Part 3: Sociodemographic, Economic, and Psychological Determinants of Mortality
  • Chapter 8. Early Life Conditions and Later Life Mortality: Jennifer Karas Montez Mark Hayward, University of Texas at Austin
  • Chapter 9. Age Patterns in Adult Mortality, with a Focus on Centenarians: Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM
  • Chapter 10. Sex and Gender Differences in Mortality: Richard G. Rogers, Bethany G. Everett, and Robert J. Kemp, University of Colorado
  • Chapter 11. The Hispanic Paradox: Kyriakos S. Markides and Karl Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Chapter 12. Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality: Robert A. Hummer and Joseph T. Lariscy, University of Texas at Austin
  • Chapter 13: Work, Occupation, Income, and Mortality: Patrick Krueger, University of Texas School of Public Health, and Sarah A. Burgard, University of Michigan
  • Chapter 14. The Influence of Health Behaviors on Mortality: Christine L. Himes, Syracuse University
  • Chapter 15. Discrimination, Chronic Stress, and Mortality among Black Americans: A Life-Course Framework: James Jackson, Darrell Hudson, Kiarri Kershaw, Briana Mezuk, Jane Rafferty, and Katherine Knight Tuttle, University of Michigan
  • Chapter 16. Self-Rated Assessments of Mortality: Marja Jylhä, University of Tampere, Finland
  • Chapter 17. Religion and Adult Mortality: Ellen Idler, Rutgers University
  • Part 4: Biological Risk Factors
  • Chapter 18. Links between Biomarkers and Mortality: Eileen Crimmins and Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, University of Southern California
  • Chapter 19. Genetic Factors and Adult Mortality: Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, and James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
  • Part 5: Contextual Effects on Mortality
  • Chapter 20. Neighborhood Effects on Mortality: Arijit Nandi and Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard University
  • Chapter 21. Health and Mortality Consequences of the Physical Environment: Christopher Browning, Ohio State University, Eileen E. Bjornstrom, University of Missouri, and Kathleen A. Cagney, University of Chicago
  • Part 6: Classification of Causes of Death
  • Chapter 22. Coding and Classifying Causes of Death: Trends and International Differences: Robert N. Anderson, National Center for Health Statistics
  • Chapter 23. Avoidable Mortality: A Review: Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, University of Southern California
  • Part 7: Mathematical and Modeling Approaches to Mortality
  • Chapter 24. Model Schedules of Mortality: Patrick Heuveline, UCLA and Sam Clark, University of Washington
  • Chapter 25. Period versus Cohort Mortality: Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania
  • Chapter 26. Healthy Life Expectancy: Carol Jagger, University of Leicester, and Jean-Marie Robine, French Institute of Health and Medicinal Research, INSERM
  • Part 8: Government Policies Designed to Affect Mortality
  • Chapter 27. Mortality Avoidable by Health Care and Public Health and Policy Interventions: Luc Bonneux, NIDI
  • Chapter 28. Government Policies Intended to Influence Adult Mortality: S. Jay Olshansky, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dana Goldman, RAND
  • Conclusion: Richard Rogers and Eileen Crimmins.

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