How gender (in)sensitive are the gender-related indices?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 954-956

  Varkey, Sherin ^a   Gupta, Subodh S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HEALTH AND DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 31544434503     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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