Gender role identity and the caregiving experience of widowed men

Sex Roles

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 645-655

  Bowers, Susan P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033264399     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018859825079     Document Type: Article

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