Worldwide variation in life-span sexual dimorphism and sex-specific environmental mortality rates

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 623-641

  Teriokhin, Anatoly T ^a,b   Budilova, Elena V ^b   Thomas, Frederic ^a   Guegan, Jean Francois ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Life span; Mortality rate; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LATITUDE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOSLEM; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHRISTIA;

EID: 13244292185     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0061     Document Type: Article

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