Social inequity in health : Explanation from a life course and gender perspective

Background: A boy child born in a Gothenburg suburb has a life expectancy that is nine years shorter than that of another child just 23 km away, and among girls the difference is five years. There is no necessary biological reason to this observed difference. In fact, like life length, most diseases...

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Main Author: Novak, Masuma
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Folkhälsa och klinisk medicin 2010
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-31849
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