Sex Differential in Life Expectancy at Birth in Japan. (1). The Sex Differential in Recent Years.
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0368-9395,1882-868X
DOI: 10.3861/jshhe.62.127