Does health status explain gender dissimilarity in healthcare use among older adults?

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-355

  Barreto, Sandhi Maria ^a   Kalache, Alexandre ^b   Giatti, Luana ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging Health; Gender; Health Conditions; Health Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646263329     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2006000200012     Document Type: Article

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