Sex differences in health and mortality in Moscow and Denmark

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 243-252

  Oksuzyan, A ^a,b   Shkolnikova, M ^b,c   Vaupel, J W ^a,b   Christensen, K ^a,d,e   Shkolnikov, V M ^a,f  

^a Max Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Denmark; Health; Mortality; Russia; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TWINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOSCOW; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903769442     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9893-4     Document Type: Article

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