Social, behavioral, and biological factors, and sex differences in mortality

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-578

  Rogers, Richard G ^a   Everett, Bethany G ^a   Onge, Jarron M Saint ^b   Krueger, Patrick M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955974289     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0119     Document Type: Article

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