'If I let a goal in, I'll get beat up': Contradictions in masculinity, sport and health

Health Education Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-716

  Robertson, Steve ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT;

ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0346895092     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyf054     Document Type: Article

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