TY - JOUR
TI - Women's health – threats and social factors
AU - Ostrowska, Antonina
TI - Women's health – threats and social factors
AB - The results of several epidemiological and clinical studies document male – female health differences. Apart from biological divergence, they reflect differences in social status of both sexes, their social roles and elements of life styles. The above indicates the necessity of discussing the health problems of men and women also separately. The article presents main characteristic of women’s health in Poland, with special stress put on chronic diseases causing their excess mortality and leading to disability. The text is based on a broader report “Polish Women 2013 – Health and its threats.”
VL - 2015
IS - Volume 13, Issue 4
PY - 2016
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 337
EP - 346
DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.15.035.5462
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/stan-zdrowia-kobiet-zagrozenia-spoleczne-uwarunkowania
KW - Women’s health
KW - social status and health
KW - mortality
KW - chronic diseases