International shortfall inequality in life expectancy in women and in men, 1950-2010;Inégalité internationale de l'espérance de vie des femmes et des hommes, mesurée en termes d'écart, 1950-2010

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 588-594

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Harper, Sam ^b   Lee, Jennifer H ^a   Lynch, John ^c   Mathers, Colin ^a   Abou Zahr, Carla ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Health Statistics and Information   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84864513099     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.097378     Document Type: Article

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