The emerging crisis in American female longevity

Social Currents

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 220-227

  Cockerham, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Female health crisis; Gender and life expectancy; Russia; The United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008144990     PISSN: 23294965     EISSN: 23294973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329496514540454     Document Type: Article

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