Gender differences in health: Are things really as simple as they seem?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 617-624

  Macintyre, Sally ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Life course; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

GENDER DIFFERENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY TREND;

UK;

EID: 0029667897     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00335-5     Document Type: Article

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