عنوان

The Late Life Legacy of Very Early Life

(Number (ISBN

3540221050

(Number (ISBN

3662103494

(Number (ISBN

9783540221050

(Number (ISBN

9783662103494

Number

b566986

Title Proper

The Late Life Legacy of Very Early Life

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Gabriele Doblhammer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(XIII, 204 pages 4 illustrations)

Series Title

Demographic Research Monographs, A Series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Text of Note

1 The Demographic and Epidemiological Context --; 2 Month-of-Birth Patterns in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere --; 3 Five Hypothesis --; 4 Differences in Life Span by Month of Birth in the United States --; 5 Month of Birth and Causes of Death in the United States --; 6 Cohort and Age Effects --; 7 The Month-of-Birth Patterns of Migrants and Farmers --; 8 Does the Month-of-Birth Effect Exist in Cohorts Born Today? --; 9 Summary --; References.

Text of Note

The monograph demonstrates the widespread existence of differences in life span by month of birth in the elderly populations of contemporary societies. It provides evidence that the pattern is linked to the seasons of the year, by comparing the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere. It formulates and tests a series of explanations for the month-of-birth effect and rejects many of the most frequently offered explanations. In particular, it rejects those that attribute the month-of-birth effect to social or statistical confounding. It establishes a link between the month-of-birth pattern in the life span and the month-of-birth pattern in survival during the first year of life. It provides evidence that nutrition and infectious disease early in life play an important role in adult health and survival later in life and that the differences in life span by month of birth still exist in cohorts born today.

Aging -- Research.

Population.

Statistics.

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Book number

by Gabriele Doblhammer.

Gabriele Doblhammer

Electronic name

[Book]

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