Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1169-1175

  Gannon, Kenneth ^a   Glover, Lesley ^b   Abel, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Masculinity; Media; Sperm counts; UK

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; INFERTILITY;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASCULINITY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEREOTYPY;

GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; SOCIOLOGY; SPERM COUNT; STEREOTYPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942521045     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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