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Session 86:
International Perspectives on Health and Mortality

Friday, May 01
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Nicolet B
Chair: Patrick Heuveline, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: Robert R. Bourbeau, Université de Montréal

1. Health Lifestyles in the U.S. and Canada: Are We Really So Different?  •  Patrick M. Krueger, University of Texas at Houston; Tajudaullah Bhaloo, University of Texas at Houston; Pauline Rosenau, University of Texas at Houston

2. Cross-National Patterns of Health Inequality: Education and Tobacco Use in the World Health Survey  •  Fred C. Pampel, University of Colorado at Boulder; Justin T. Denney, University of Colorado at Boulder

3. Estimating the Effects of Smoking and Other Risk Factors on Mortality Slowdowns in Developed Countries  •  Brian Rostron, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

4. Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa  •  Anne Case, Princeton University; Alicia Menendez, University of Chicago; Analia S. Olgiati, Princeton University; Anu Garib, University of Kwazulu-Natal

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