The contribution of specific causes of death to sex differences in mortality

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 746-754

  Wong, Mitchell D ^a   Chung, Anne K ^b   Boscardin, W John ^c   Li, Ming ^d   Hsieh, Hsin Ju ^c   Ettner, Susan L ^a   Shapiro, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847084408     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100615     Document Type: Article

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