Life expectancy: Women now on top everywhere

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7545, 2006, Pages 808-

  Barford, Anna ^a   Dorling, Danny ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Shaw, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33645826234     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7545.808     Document Type: Editorial

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