Rethinking gender differences in health: Why we need to integrate social and biological perspectives

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue SPEC. ISS. OCT., 2005, Pages 40-47

  Rieker, Patricia P ^a   Bird, Chloe E ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOMEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENDER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 27644542710     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.special_issue_2.s40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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