How do age and major risk factors for mortality interact over the life-course? Implications for health disparities research and public health policy

A critical question in life-course research is whether the relationship between a risk factor and mortality strengthens, weakens, or remains constant with age. The objective of this paper is to shed light on the importance of measurement scale in examining this question. Many studies address this qu...

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Main Authors: Neil K. Mehta, Hui Zheng, Mikko Myrskylä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319300680