Women's health, men's health, and gender and health: Implications of intersectionality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1712-1720

  Hankivsky, Olena ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender and health; Intersectionality; Men's health; Review; Women's health

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH POLICY; MENS HEALTH; RESEARCH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERSECTIONALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEN'S HEALTH; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84860254607     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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