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Female seafarers adopt the high risk lifestyle of male seafarers.
OBJECTIVE To study the mortality of women in an occupation known to have a high mortality among men. METHODS A total of 6788 female seafarers of all job categories who had been employed on Danish merchant ships, passenger ships, and privately owned ferries between 1986 and 1993, were followed up until the end of 1993. RESULTS Standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was 1.20 (95% confidence inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Economic History Review
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0358-5522,1750-2837
DOI: 10.1080/03585522.1971.10407695