Impact of homicide and traffic crashes on life expectancy in the largest Latin American country | Zendy

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Impact of homicide and traffic crashes on life expectancy in the largest Latin American country

Author(s) -

Nathalie Auger,

Emilie Le Serbon,

Davide Rasella,

Rosana Aquino,

Maurício L. Barreto

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv111

Subject(s) - life expectancy , homicide , latin americans , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , demography , suicide prevention , expectancy theory , human factors and ergonomics , public health , geography , medicine , environmental health , gerontology , psychology , political science , sociology , social psychology , population , nursing , pathology , law

Brazil and Canada are on opposite poles of the spectrum for life expectancy in America. We identified factors underlying Brazil's lower life expectancy relative to Canada, with emphasis on the role of injury compared with other major causes.

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