Sex differences in morbidity and mortality

Demography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-214

  Case, Anne ^a   Paxson, Christina ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 22044433000     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2005.0011     Document Type: Article

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