Gender differences in the association between morbidity and mortality among middle-aged men and women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2251-2257

  Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,c,e   Guéguen, Alice ^a   Ferrie, Jane ^b   Shipley, Martin ^b   Martikainen, Pekka ^d   Bonenfant, Sébastien ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 57149102893     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.107912     Document Type: Article

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