Change of Sex Gaps in Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Over the Life Span in the United States

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-103

  Yang, Yang ^a   Kozloski, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological Aging; Mortality; Physiological Processes; Postmenopause; Sex Differences; Social Behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855419786     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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