Is patriarchy the source of men's higher mortality?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 873-876

  Stanistreet, D ^a   Bambra, C ^b   Scott Samuel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MORTALITY; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGGRESSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 25444489305     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.030387     Document Type: Article

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