Gender inequalities in health: Exploring the contribution of living conditions in the intersection of social class

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Malmusi, Davide ^a,b,c   Vives, Alejandra ^d,e   Benach, Joan ^d   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,d  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c Unitat Docent de Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pú blica PSMAR UPF ASPB   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gender; Health inequalities; Intersectionality; Material resources; Self rated health; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERSECTIONALITY; MALE; MATERIAL RESOURCES; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

GENDER; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; INTERSECTIONALITY; MATERIAL RESOURCES; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84904382598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23189     Document Type: Article

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