Women and NCDs: Overcoming the neglect

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bonita, Ruth ^a   Beaglehole, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gender bias; Global health targets; Non communicable diseases; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GLOBAL HEALTH TARGETS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

GENDER BIAS; GLOBAL HEALTH TARGETS; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84904400216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23742     Document Type: Article

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