Relationships between perceived close social support and health practices within community samples of american women and men

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-246

  Jackson, Todd ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Health practices; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747472568     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.140.3.229-246     Document Type: Article

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