Lay theorizing about 'the body' and implications for health promotion

Health Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-172

  Watson, J ^a   Cunningham Burley, S ^b   Watson, N ^b   Milburn, K ^a  

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029943830     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.2.161     Document Type: Article

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