Reversals of fortune? Sex differences in health in childhood and adolescence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 77-90

  Sweeting, Helen ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; childhood; morbidity; sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; ONSET AGE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK ROLE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028954369     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)E0059-2     Document Type: Article

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