French paradox

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French paradox

Summary

French paradox is a paradox[1]. It draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #34 of 104).[2]

Key Facts

  • French paradox's instance of is recorded as paradox[3].
  • French paradox's Commons category is recorded as French paradox[4].
  • French paradox's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-paradoxe français.wav[5].
  • French paradox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01v8l7[6].
  • French paradox's main subject is recorded as life expectancy[7].
  • French paradox's different from is recorded as Un paradoxe français[8].
  • French paradox's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as french-paradox[9].
  • French paradox's named by is recorded as Pierre Ducimetière[10].
  • French paradox's named by is recorded as François Cambien[11].
  • French paradox's named by is recorded as Jacques-Lucien Richard[12].
  • French paradox's named by is recorded as Samuel Black[13].
  • French paradox's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780555591[14].
  • French paradox's RationalWiki ID is recorded as French_paradox[15].

Why It Matters

French paradox draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #34 of 104).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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