Cross-national comparison of sex differences in health and mortality in Denmark, Japan and the US

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 471-480

  Oksuzyan, Anna ^a,b   Crimmins, Eileen ^c   Saito, Yasuhiko ^d   O'Rand, Angela ^e   Vaupel, James W ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Health; Mortality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955527523     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9460-6     Document Type: Article

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