Who is more likely to experience common disorders: Men, women, or both equally? Lay perceptions in the West of Scotland

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 461-466

  Macintyre, Sally ^a   McKay, Laura ^a   Ellaway, Anne ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gender; Heart disease; Lay epidemiology; Scotland

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18444366785     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh333     Document Type: Article

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