Body image among Ariaal men from northern Kenya

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-379

  Campbell, Benjamin C ^a,c   Pope, Harrison G ^b   Filiault, Shaun ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Male body image; Pastoral nomads

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744386741     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104273657     Document Type: Article

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