Adding aging and gender to the women’s health agenda

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 3-20

  Weitz, Tracy ^a   Estes, Carroll L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health; Policy; SES; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035231173     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v13n02_02     Document Type: Article

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