"I am a man": Manhood, minority men's health and health equity

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 287-293

  Griffith, Derek M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; Intersectionality; Life course; Manhood; Men's health; Men's health disparities; Minority men

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH EQUITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MANHOOD; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL NORM; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE USE; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFE EVENT; MINORITY HEALTH; PERCEPTION;

GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84962485653     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: 19450826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18865/ed.25.3.287     Document Type: Review

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