Global divergence in critical income for adult and childhood survival: analyses of mortality using Michaelis–Menten
Life expectancy has risen sharply in the last 50 years. We applied the classic Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetics to demonstrate a novel mathematical relationship of income to childhood (aged 0–5 years) and adult (aged 15–60 years) survival. We treat income as a substrate that is catalyzed to increase...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2012-12-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/00051 |