The contribution of a gender perspective to the understanding of migrants' health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Llácer, Alicia ^a,b,f   Zunzunegui, María Victoria ^c,d   Del Amo, Julia ^b   Mazarrasa, Lucía ^b   Bolůmar, Francisco ^e,f  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Tecnicas Avanzadas de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud TAISS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 36749095774     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.061770     Document Type: Article

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