The sex differential in mortality from all causes and ischemic heart disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 165-172

  Wingard, Deborah L ^a   Suarez, Lucina ^b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart diseases; Life style; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Risk; Sex; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020682256     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113527     Document Type: Article

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