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Tuberculosis mortality and the male survival deficit in rural South Africa: An observational community cohort study

BACKGROUND: Women live on average five years longer than men, and the sex difference in longevity is typically lower in populations with high mortality. South Africa—a high mortality population with a large sex disparity—is an exception, but the causes of death that contribute to this difference are...

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Autores principales: Reniers, Georges, Blom, Sylvia, Lieber, Judith, Herbst, Abraham J., Calvert, Clara, Bor, Jacob, Barnighausen, Till, Zaba, Basia, Li, Zehang R., Clark, Samuel J., Grant, Alison D., Lessells, Richard, Eaton, Jeffrey W., Hosegood, Victoria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29016619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185692