Adult mortality in developed countries : from description to explanation / edited by Alan D. Lopez, Graziella Caselli, and Tapani Valkonen

Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 361 pp.: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents; Moving from description to explanation of adult mortality : issues and approaches / Alan D. Lopez, Graziella Caselli, and Tapani Valkonen -- Causal theories and models in the study of mortality / Evelyne Thiltg�s, Josianne Duch�ne, and Guillaume Wunsch -- Conceptual frameworks for the investigation of mortality from major cardio-vascular diseases / Robert Beaglehole -- Assessing mortality differentials using life histories : a method and applications / Mohamed Salhi [and others] -- Suicide mortality in developed countries / Lado T. Ruzicka -- The lung cancer epidemic in developed countries / Alan D. Lopez -- Mortality and the position of women in developed countries / Constance A. Nathanson -- Contributions of biological and behavioural factors to changing sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality / Ingrid Waldron -- Can sex differentials in mortality be explained by socio-economic mortality differentials? / Jacques Vallin -- The association between unemployment and mortality : causation or selection? / Tapani Valkonen and Pekka Martikainen -- Socio-economic mortality differentials among adults in Sweden / Denny V�ger� and Olle Lundberg -- Social differentials in mortality : the Whitehall studies / Michael Marmot -- Regional differences in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland / Seppo Koskinen -- Soci-economic and cultural determinants of regional mortality patterns in the Netherlands / Johan P. Mackenbach and Anton E. Kunst -- Policy-relevant health information : the Canadian experience in assessing socio-economic differentials in mortality / Russell Wilkins -- Setting objectives for preventable mortality and promoting healthful behaviours : experience from the United States / Michael A. Stoto. Subjects; Mortality Developed countries ; Case studies. Developed countries. Industrialised countries Mortality rate.