The sex differential in mortality rates: Demographic and behavioral factors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 205-216

  Wingard, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life style; Longevity; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Risk; Sex; Sex ratio; Smoking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020060626     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113292     Document Type: Article

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