Explaining new trends in the gender gap of mortality: Insights from a regional trend-analysis of the Netherlands

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 61-92

  Spijker, Jeroen ^a   van Poppel, Frans ^b   van Wissen, Leo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 38649109812     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2007s61     Document Type: Article

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