Some Contributions from the Social System to Gender Inequalities in Heart Disease

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-26

  Mckinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030092078     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137228     Document Type: Article

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