Published August, 2012
By Richard K. Thomas and Louis G. Pol
Publisher: Springer
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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In this 3rd edition of the definitive work on health demography, Pol and Thomas offer an updated view of the field and a current perspective on the applications of health demography to contemporary issues.

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Published November, 2010
By Antonella Pinnelli, Filomena Racioppi and Rosella Rettaroli
Publisher: Springer
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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Here is a comprehensive and hugely important treatment of the topic of gender and demographic behaviour. It reports new findings of empirical research, mostly based on data from a number of European countries, making good use of Family and Fertility surveys and other international databases.

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Published October, 2010
By Rasmus Hoffmann
Publisher: Springer
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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Social differences in health and mortality constitute a persistent finding in epidemiological, demographic, and sociological research.

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Published October, 2010
By Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, Mark E. Hill, Ira Rosenwaike, S.H. Preston and I.T. Elo
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The authors of this work use a novel strategy that combines record linkage and demographic/statistical analysis to produce an internally consistent and robust set of estimates of the African-American population during the period 1930-1990. They interpret the record that emerges, with special reference to longevity trends and differentials.

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Published October, 2010
By Dudley L. Poston, Joseph Tucker, Qiang Ren, Baochang Gu, Xiaoying Zheng, Stephanie Wang, Chris Russell and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
Publisher: Springer
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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China's concentrated HIV epidemic is on the brink of becoming a generalized one and syphilis infection has become a major public health threat. A better understanding of the proximate social determinants of HIV related to gender will be crucial to effectively curbing HIV and other STIs in China.

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Published May, 2009
By Dudley L. Poston, Joseph Tucker, Qiang Ren, Baochang Gu, Xiaoying Zheng, Stephanie Wang, Chris Russell and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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China's concentrated HIV epidemic is on the brink of becoming a generalized one and syphilis infection has become a major public health threat. A better understanding of the proximate social determinants of HIV related to gender will be crucial to effectively curbing HIV and other STIs in China.

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Published January, 2009
By Yi Zeng, Danan Gu, Dudley L. Poston, Denese Ashbaugh Vlosky and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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Key research in the world's largest aging population - in China - has fed into this important new work, which aims to answer questions critical to older people worldwide. These include: is the period of disability compressing or expanding with increasing life expectancy and what factors are associated with these trends in the recent decades?

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Published October, 2008
By Rasmus Hoffmann
Publisher: Springer (Springer Netherlands)
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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This cutting edge book provides a comprehensive, thoughtful and critical discussion of all aspects involved in the relationship between socioeconomic status, health and mortality. It contains the best available datasets from Denmark and the USA.

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Published March, 2008
By Yi Zeng, Danan Gu, Denese Ashbaugh Vlosky and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
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Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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China has the largest number of elderly persons worldwide. For this book, scholars use the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey datasets to answer numerous questions about aging so as to find clues to how we can all live longer, healthier lives.

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Published September, 2007
By Antonella Pinnelli, Filomena Racioppi and Rosella Rettaroli
Publisher: Springer (Springer Netherlands)
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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