Someone to live for: Effects of partner and dependent children on preventable death in a population wide sample from Northern Ireland

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Uggla, Caroline ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Life history theory; Northern Ireland; Preventable mortality; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027925362     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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