Women's status and the health of women and men: A view from the States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-32

  Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Kennedy, Bruce P ^a   Gupta, Vanita ^a   Prothrow Stith, Deborah ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Women's health; Women's status

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLITICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032945293     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00286-X     Document Type: Article

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