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Lower Male Life Expectancy Mainly Caused By Smoking In Europe

Submitted by on Tuesday, 18 January 2011No Comment

In up to 60% of cases, females have been outliving males across Europe because of smoking, researchers revealed in the journal Tobacco Control. For the last couple of hundred years experts have been arguing about why women have been surviving for longer than men in Europe. Some say females are biologically designed to live longer, while others suggest that as women go to the doctors more they probably get treated or cured from diseases more often. However, the authors found that trends vary too widely throughout the continent for such a simple picture – the variables are far more complex…

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Lower Male Life Expectancy Mainly Caused By Smoking In Europe

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