Integration, clarification, substantiation: Sex, gender, ethnicity and migration as social determinants of women's health

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 32-48

  Vissandjee, Bilkis ^a   Hyman, Ilene ^b   Spitzer, Denise L ^c   Apale, Alisha ^a   Kamrun, Nahar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547585206     PISSN: 15398706     EISSN: 15398706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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