Comparing inequalities in women's and men's health: Britain in the 1990s

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 773-787

  Arber, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Employment status; Gender; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; SPOUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0030887967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00185-2     Document Type: Article

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