Getting back the missing men of Aotearoa: Declining gender inequality in NZ life expectancy

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Sandiford, Peter ^a  

^a WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health status disparities; Health transition; Life expectancy; Men's health; Sex factors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77957007208     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc09270     Document Type: Article

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