Social determinants of self-reported health in women and men: Understanding the role of gender in population health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Stewart Williams, Jennifer ^b   Amin, Avni ^a   Araujo de Carvalho, Islene ^a   Beard, John ^a   Boerma, Ties ^a   Kowal, Paul ^a,b   Naidoo, Nirmala ^a   Chatterji, Somnath ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859729460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034799     Document Type: Article

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