Intellectual intersections: Gender and health in the Pacific

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 641-659

  Lewis, Nancy Davis ^a  

^a University of Exeter   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Domestic violence; Gender and health; Gender relations; Medical geography; Pacific Islands; Socio ecological model of health

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

AGING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032031041     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00180-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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