Recent adverse mortality trends in Scotland: comparison with other high-income countries
Objective Gains in life expectancy have faltered in several high-income countries in recent years. Scotland has consistently had a lower life expectancy than many other high-income countries over the past 70 years. We aim to compare life expectancy trends in Scotland to those seen internationally an...
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| Main Authors: | Colin Fischbacher, Gerry McCartney, Jon Minton, Julie Ramsay, Maria Kaye-Bardgett, Grant M A Wyper |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019-10-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e029936.full |
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