Life and death during the Great Depression
Life and death during the Great Depression
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Recent events highlight the importance of examining the impact of economic downturns on population health. The Great Depression of the 1930s was the most important economic downturn in the U.S. in the twentieth century. We used historical life expectancy and mortality data to examine associations of economic growth with population health for the pe...
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Life and death during the Great Depression
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201304191
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201304191
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0904491106
