The changing gender differences in life expectancy in Chinese cities 2005-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Le, Yan ^a   Ren, Jie ^a   Shen, Jie ^b   Li, Tong ^a   Zhang, Cheng Feng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928914517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123320     Document Type: Article

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