Testicular cancer: Medicine and machismo in the media (1980-94)

Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-282

  Clarke, Juanne ^a   Robinson, Julie ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Media representation; Popular; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001527541     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939900300302     Document Type: Article

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