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. 1994 May;40:949–958.

Impact of poverty on women's health.

M Cohen 1
PMCID: PMC2380188  PMID: 8038638

Abstract

Women's health is determined not only by biology but also by social context. While the health of both men and women is adversely affected by poverty, a higher proportion of women suffer from its effects because of increasing "feminization of poverty." The extent of this phenomenon, its multiple roots, and the role physicians could play in addressing it are discussed.

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