DO SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH WIDEN OR CONVERGE WITH AGE? LONGITUDINAL EVIDENCE FROM THREE COHORTS IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

Do social inequalities in health widen or converge with age? Longitudinal evidence from three cohorts in the West of Scotland

Abstract Background Existing studies are divided as to whether social inequalities in health widen or converge as people age.In part this is due to reliance on cross-sectional data, but also among longitudinal studies to differences in the measurement of both socioeconomic status (SES) and health and in the treatment of survival effects.The aim of

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Problems in Threatened Species Conservation: Differences in National Red Lists Assessments with Global Standards

The solution of transnational environmental problems in the field of the protection of threatened species and conservation biology directly depends on the level of international communication, which can significantly decrease due to differences in Red Lists and Red Data Books of different levels.In order to identify the similarities and differences

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