Title: Gender, health, and longevity : multidisciplinary perspectives /
Authors: Ory, Marcia G.; Warner, Huber R.
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Sex Differentiation; Longevity; Aging; Longevity Sex differences.; Health Sex differences.; Health; Sex Factors
Contents: The gender-mortality differential in developed countries: Demographic and sociocultural dimensions / Constance A. Nathanson -- Variations in disease-specific sex morbidity and mortality ratios in the United States / Deborah L. Wingard and Barbara A. Cohn -- Overview of biomedical perspectives: Possible relationships between genes on the sex chromosomes and longevity / David W.E. Smith and Huber R. Warner -- Toward an explanation of the human sex ratio / James V. Neel -- The relevance of the X-chromosome inactivation to gender differentials in longevity / Stanley M. Gartler -- A central role of sex hormones in the sex differential in lipoprotein metabolism, atherosclerosis, and longevity / William R. Hazzard -- A possible role for the immune system in the gender-longevity differential / Marc E. Weksler.