Session 63:
Gender and health
Chair: Ofra Anson, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Increasing longevity and decreasing gender mortality differentials: new perspectives from a study on Italian cohorts Graziella Caselli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Marco Marsili, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
Perceived gender roles and smoking behaviour Priska Flandorfer, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Christian Wegner, Vienna Institute of Demography
Understanding the gap between females and males in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Cuba Madelín Gómez León, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) ; Esther María León Díaz, Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas, Cuba
Sex differences in age trajectories of physiological dysregulation: inflammation, metabolic syndrome, and allostatic load Yang Yang, University of Chicago ; Michael Kozloski, University of Chicago
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