Do women live longer or do men die earlier?
We find support for our hypothesis that the disproportionate high mortality levels of specific male subpopulations are the central cause of the current extent of sex differences in life expectancy. Thus, public health programmes should be targeted toward these disadvantaged subpopulations among men which seem to be related primarily to socioeconomic characteristics.
Growth of EGF receptor-expressing primary human ovarian cancers may be dependent on EGF in vivo.