Health and the elusive gender equality : Can the impact of gender equality on health be measured?

Background: All over the world men and women show different health patterns, and therecan be many and various reasons for these differences. This thesis therefore evaluates theimpact of gender equality on health. To do this, we must be able to measure gender equality.In this thesis, we develop two n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sörlin, Ann
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa 2011
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-46298
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