title: Older men's health. Sociocultural and ecological perspectives.
abstract: This article identifies a set of conditions that renders the morbidities and earlier deaths of men as the outcome. The article also discusses four factors that affect older men's health and longevity: culture, class, race and ethnicity, and social organization and participation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors