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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION: Sex Differences in Mortality Rate
Ian P. F. Owens
Why is the mortality rate higher among males than females in most mammalian species? In a Perspective, Owens discusses new findings (Moore and Wilson) showing that susceptibility to parasitic infections is greater in males than in females and may contribute to male-biased mortality.
The author is in the Department of Biological Sciences and NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK. E-mail: i.owens{at}ic.ac.uk
Gender Differences in the Association Between Morbidity and Mortality Among Middle-Aged Men and Women.
A. Singh-Manoux, A. Gueguen, J. Ferrie, M. Shipley, P. Martikainen, S. Bonenfant, M. Goldberg, and M. Marmot (2008)
Am J Public Health
98, 2251-2257
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The costs of risky male behaviour: sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate.
The association between self-rated health and mortality in different socioeconomic groups in the GAZEL cohort study.
A. Singh-Manoux, A. Dugravot, M. J Shipley, J. E Ferrie, P. Martikainen, M. Goldberg, and M. Zins (2007)
Int. J. Epidemiol.
36, 1222-1228
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A study of the gender-specific mortality rates in Korea and Japan for the formation of health promotion policy.
E.-W. Nam and Y.-L.-A Song (2007)
Health Education Journal
66, 82-89
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Inaugural Article: Hepatitis B virus X protein enhances androgen receptor-responsive gene expression depending on androgen level.
