Gender inequality in New Zealand life expectancy: Decomposition by age and cause

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1307, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Sandiford, Peter ^a  

^a WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549103377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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