Looking for an explanation for the excessive male mortality in England and Wales since the end of the 19th century

Several papers have primarily considered a female disadvantage in mortality as something to explain, considering a male disadvantage to be a “natural condition”. Even if, due to biological reasons, shorter life expectancy among males has been demonstrated, other factors need to be involved to explai...

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Main Authors: Valeria Maiolo, Alice M. Reid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319303040