Gender and health: Reassessing patterns and explanations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 547-559

  McDonough, Peggy ^a   Walters, Vivienne ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gender differences; Morbidity; Stress; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; STRESS; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

CANADA;

EID: 0034751116     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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