Causes of male excess mortality: Insights from cloistered populations

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-676

  Luy, Marc ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY RISK;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1842506064     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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