Gender and health - aspects of importance for understanding health and illness in the world

Affiliations

¹ Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; ann.ohman@ucgs.umu.se.
² Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

Editorial

Ann Öhman et al. Glob Health Action. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 22:8:26908.

doi: 10.3402/gha.v8.26908. eCollection 2015.

¹ Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; ann.ohman@ucgs.umu.se.
² Division of Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

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