Gender, social class and illness among young people.
Gender and social class differences in illness among young people have been a neglected area in research on social inequities in health. It has been assumed that the illness differentials among adults persist throughout their lives. Only recently have social class health differentials among young pe...
| Publicado en: | Social Science & Medicine Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 649 - 657 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Mar92
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