Friday, May 4 / 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM   •   Union Square 19-20

Session 135:
Biodemographic Influences on Health and Mortality II

Chair: Megan Todd, Princeton University
Discussant: David Rehkopf, Stanford University

  1. Body Weight, Weight Change, and Mortality Risk • Laura Blue, Princeton University

  2. To What Extent Do Biological Markers Account for the Large Social Disparities in Health in Moscow? • Dana A. Glei, Georgetown University ; Noreen Goldman, Princeton University ; Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and New Economic School, Russia ; Dmitri A. Jdanov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and New Economic School, Russia ; Svetlana Shalnova, State Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow ; Maria A. Shkolnikova, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Maxine Weinstein, Georgetown University

  3. Immune Function and Aging among Tsimane Forager-Horticulturalists • Hillard S. Kaplan, University of New Mexico ; Aaron Blackwell, University of California, Santa Barbara ; Jon Stieglitz, University of New Mexico ; Michael D. Gurven, University of California, Santa Barbara

  4. Birth Weight and Adult Health in Historical Perspective: Evidence from a New Zealand Cohort, 1907-‐1922 • Evan Roberts, University of Minnesota ; Pamela Wood, Monash University

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