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    Deaths of Despair are Cutting Lives Short fro Some White Americans
    Deaths of Despair are Cutting Lives Short fro Some White Americans
    Deaths of Despair are Cutting Lives Short fro Some White Americans
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    Deaths of Despair are Cutting Lives Short fro Some White Americans

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    About this audiobook

    In spite of decades of advancements in health care, diet and safety, white Americans are now living shorter lives, a trend that has surprised experts. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports out of Maysville, Kentucky, an area struggling with an increase in addiction, overdoses and suicide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateFeb 16, 2017
    ISBN9781987109207
    Deaths of Despair are Cutting Lives Short fro Some White Americans

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