Body image among women with physical disabilities: Internalization of norms and reactions to nonconformity

Sociological Focus

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-176

  Taub, Diane E ^a   Fanflik, Patricia L ^a   McLorg, Penelope A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1342339645     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2003.10570722     Document Type: Article

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