Disease, War, Hunger, and Deprivation: A Cross-National Investigation of the Determinants of Life Expectancy in Less-Developed and Sub-Saharan African Nations

Researchers note a recent trend of increasing inequality in cross-national life expectancy rates, largely due to conditions in the poorest of nations. Threats to life expectancy in less-developed nations include poverty, warfare, intense hunger, and disease, particularly AIDS/ HIV. This article util...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sociological perspectives 2012-10, Vol.55 (3), p.421-447
Hauptverfasser: Austin, Kelly F., McKinney, Laura A.
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