Influence of macrosocial policies on women's health and gender inequalities in health

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-48

  Borrell, Carme ^a   Palència, Laia ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^a   Urquía, Marcelo ^a   Malmusi, Davide ^a   O'Campo, Patricia ^a  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

health status; public policy; sex factors; socioeconomic factors; women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BREAST FEEDING; FAMILY LEAVE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MACROSOCIAL POLICY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELFARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST FEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PARENTAL LEAVE; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84891550214     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxt002     Document Type: Article

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