Changing gendered patterns of morbidity and mortality

The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 125-141

  Bird, Chloe E ^a,b   Lang, Martha E ^c   Rieker, Patricia P ^d,e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Pardee RAND Graduate School   (United States)

^c GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84860253138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230290334_8     Document Type: Chapter

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