Surviving the holidays: Gender differences in mortality in the context of three Moslem holidays

Sex Roles

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 381-399

  Anson, Ofra ^a   Anson, Jon ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIGION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN ASIA;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ISLAM; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN ASIA;

ASIA; ASIA, WESTERN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ISLAM; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIGION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031215946     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025653407101     Document Type: Article

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