The impact of smoking on gender differences in life expectancy: More heterogeneous than often stated

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 706-710

  Luy, Marc ^a   Wegner Siegmundt, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84939632040     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku211     Document Type: Article

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