The Health of Men: Structured Inequalities and Opportunities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 724-731

  Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0037642231     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.5.724     Document Type: Review

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