Session 105:
Understanding Health and Mortality Using Biomarkers
Chair: Guang Guo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Discussant: James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
A Comparison of Biomarkers in Two Populations: The U.S. and Japan • Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California ; Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University ; Jung Ki Kim, University of Southern California ; Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, University of Southern California
Dynamics of Health and Mortality: Biomarkers, Self-assessments and Socio-Demographic Characteristics • Duncan Thomas, Duke University ; Elizabeth Frankenberg, Duke University
Maternal Exposure to Violence over the Life Course and Fetal IGE Level • Michelle Sternthal, University of Michigan ; Rosalind Wright, Harvard Medical School
Do Physicians Measure the Biomarkers that Matter for Survival? • Noreen Goldman, Princeton University ; Dana A. Glei, University of California, Berkeley ; Yu-Hsuan Lin, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan ; Maxine Weinstein, Georgetown University
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