Why Do Females Live Longer Than Males?
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Why Do Females Live Longer Than Males? - Proceedings ASTIN 2001 - Washington, United States of America
In most countries, females live several years longer than males. Many biological and behavioral reasons have been presented in the scientific literature to explain this female advantage. A crosssectional regression study, using 50 explanatory variables and data collected from 169 countries, provides support to the behavioral hypothesis. Four variables, unrelated to biological sex differences,...
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عنوان ژورنال: North American Actuarial Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1092-0277,2325-0453
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2002.10596061