Intersectionality and the determinants of health: A Canadian perspective

Critical Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-283

  Hankivsky, Olena ^a   Christoffersen, Ashlee ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feminism; Health inequalities; Healthy public policy; Intersectionality

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249128991     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802294296     Document Type: Article

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