Confronting racism and sexism to improve men's health

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Treadwell, Henrie M ^a   Northridge, Mary E ^b   Bethea, Traci N ^c  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health disparities; Men's health; Race; Racism; Sexism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREJUDICE; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250029400     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988306293785     Document Type: Article

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