The sexual division of dieting: Women's voices

Sociological Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 630-647

  Germov, John ^a   Williams, Lauren ^a  

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EID: 0011821979     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1996.tb00440.x     Document Type: Article

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