Men's health, inequalities and policy: Contradictions, masculinities and public health in England

Critical Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 475-488

  Williams, Robert ^a   Robertson, Steve ^b   Hewison, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Healthy public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 75349089228     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802668457     Document Type: Article

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