Gender inequalities in health among older Brazilian adults

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-117

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Ageing and Life Course Unit ^*  (Brazil)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brazil; Health status; Sex factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4544295958     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892004000800006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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