Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 86-89 , February 2010

Women's health: Explaining the trend in gender ratio in Iran over half a century (1956–2006)

  • F. Farzadi

      Affiliations

    • Iranian Institute for Health Science Research, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • B. Ahmadi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Ghods Avenue, Tehran 1417613191, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 21 88951391; fax: +98 21 88989129.
    • ,
  • B. Shariati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • M. Alimohamadian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Ecology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • K. Mohamad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Received 18 August 2009 ,Revised 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 3 January 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00002-8

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.01.001

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 86-89 , February 2010

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