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Styles of life and death
Author(s) -
COTTRELL R. C.,
SOMMERVILLE MARNIE
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-3010.1987.tb00025.x
Subject(s) - life expectancy , coronary heart disease , demography , medicine , mortality rate , de facto , expectancy theory , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , sociology , social psychology , population , political science , law
Summary Different countries show remarkably varied rates of death from coronary heart disease and other chronic diseases. Among developed communities, however, life expectancy is remarkably similar. This article addresses the proposition that diet has a determining influence on coronary heart disease (CHD) death rates and ipso facto on total mortality rates.