Sex and life expectancy

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 390-401

  Seifarth, Joshua E ^a   McGowan, Cheri L ^a   Milne, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

biology; health; life expectancy; sex

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LIPOPROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CELL STRESS; CONCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LANGUAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALE; MEDLINE; MENTAL STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84870528044     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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