The gender gap in mobility: A global cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mechakra Tahiri, Samia Djemâa ^a   Freeman, Ellen E ^a,b   Haddad, Slim ^a   Samson, Elodie ^b   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender related development index; Human development index; Inequality; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864489916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-598     Document Type: Article

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