The Impact of Gender Roles on Health

Women and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-196

  Del Sánchez López, María Pilar ^a   Cuellar Flores, Isabel ^a   Dresch, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

femininity; gender and health; gender norms; masculinity; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SPAIN; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859626073     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.652352     Document Type: Article

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