Trends in gender differences in accidents mortality: Relationships to changing gender roles and other societal trends

Demographic Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 415-454

  Waldron, Ingrid ^a   McCloskey, Christopher ^a   Earle, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Gender; Japan; Mortality; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344451665     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2005.13.17     Document Type: Article

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