Trends in mortality sex ratios

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-106

  Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; NOTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037263074     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023036822146     Document Type: Note

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