Decrease in sex difference in premature mortality during system transformation in Poland

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-312

  Kołodziej, Halina ^a   Łopuszańska, Monika ^a   Jankowska, Ewa A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38349188468     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002453     Document Type: Article

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