Roles and women's well-being: Some preliminary findings from Malaysia

Sex Roles

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 123-145

  Noor, Noraini M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 0033169376     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018846010541     Document Type: Article

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