Being female: The portrayal of women's health in print media

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 715-728

  Shugg, Jo ^a   Liamputtong, Prance ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036725981     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330290107458     Document Type: Article

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