Mortality in relation to sex in the affluent world

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Rigby, Janette E ^a   Dorling, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33846581123     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.047381     Document Type: Article

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