Health and mortality in men and women - A paradox;Helbred og dødelighed hos mænd og kvinder - Et paradoks

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 169, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2395-2397

  Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Juel, Knud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34347248801     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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