Engendering stress in Australia: The embodiment of social relationships

Women and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-115

  Whittaker, Andrea ^a   Connor, Linda ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032450990     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v28n01_07     Document Type: Article

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