Gender inequalities in health: Social position, affective disorders and minor physical morbidity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 21-32

  Popay, Jennie ^a   Bartley, Mel ^b   Owen, Charlie ^c  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health; minor illness; psychosomatic illness; sex differences; social position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027324333     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90302-K     Document Type: Article

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