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Duncan Thomas
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 255
Citations - 23861
Duncan Thomas is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Family life. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 245 publications receiving 22833 citations. Previous affiliations of Duncan Thomas include Michigan State University & University of California, Los Angeles.
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On the Road: Marriage and Mortality in Malaysia
James P. Smith,Duncan Thomas +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the migration choices of husbands and wives in a dynamic and developing country in the context of an economic model of the household and found that male mobility is primarily economic in motivation and related to labor market factors.
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Effect of stress on cardiometabolic health 12 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami: a quasi-experimental longitudinal study
TL;DR: Exposure to mortality and destruction at the community level is unlikely to explain differences in diabetes incidence among the exposed and unexposed by age group and sex, and the results suggest an important economic pathway by which stress-related exposures can affect cardiometabolic health.
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Chapter 6 – Global Aging
TL;DR: The goal of this chapter is to highlight emerging lines of inquiry that are likely to have an important impact on science and discusses challenges that have hindered progress on understanding global aging.
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Links Between Socio-Economic Circumstances and Changes in Smoking Behavior in the Mexican Population: 2002–2010
TL;DR: Examination of socio-economic and demographic characteristics associated with smoking initiation and quitting in Mexico between 2002 and 2010 indicates that the smoking epidemic may be at different stages in different population subgroups.