Gender relations and health research: A review of current practices

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Oliffe, John L ^b   Robinson, Carole A ^a   Carey, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of British Columbia's Vancouver Campus   (Canada)

Author keywords

femininities; gender; gender relations; health; illness experiences; masculinities

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; FEMINISM; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 83255164920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-60     Document Type: Article

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