The male-female health-survival paradox and sex differences in cohort life expectancy in Utah, Denmark, and Sweden 1850-1910

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 161-166

  Lindahl Jacobsen, Rune ^a   Hanson, Heidi A ^b,c   Oksuzyan, Anna ^a   Mineau, Geraldine P ^c   Christensen, Kaare ^a,d   Smith, Ken R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Life expectancy; Lifestyle; Religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; UTAH;

EID: 84875373336     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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