title: A gender more vulnerable.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Basu
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001695:Biology; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007194:India; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008136:Longevity; D009026:Mortality; D010684:Philosophy; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Asia; Biology; Child Survival--women; Culture; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Excess Mortality; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; India; Labor Force--women; Length Of Life; Literacy--women; Mortality; Philosophical Overview; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Ratio--determinants; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Survivorship; Women's Status