Life Expectancy
"Life Expectancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.
| Descriptor ID |
D008017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.450 L01.280.975.450 N01.224.935.464 N06.850.505.400.975.450 N06.850.520.308.985.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Expectancy- Life Expectancy
- Expectancies, Life
- Expectancy, Life
- Life Expectancies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Nguyen PL, Chen MH, Renshaw AA, Loffredo M, Kantoff PW, D'Amico AV. Survival following radiation and androgen suppression therapy for prostate cancer in healthy older men: implications for screening recommendations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Feb 01; 76(2):337-41.
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Westaby JD, Versenyi A, Hausmann RC. Intentions to work during terminal illness: an exploratory study of antecedent conditions. J Appl Psychol. 2005 Nov; 90(6):1297-305.
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Chen YY, Hollander M, Langberg NA. Tests for monotone mean residual life, using randomly censored data. Biometrics. 1983 Mar; 39(1):119-27.