Left behind: Widening disparities for males and females in US county life expectancy, 1985-2010

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Haidong ^a   Schumacher, Austin E ^a   Levitz, Carly E ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880010651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-11-8     Document Type: Article

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