Governing the healthy male citizen: Men, masculinity and popular health in Men's Health magazine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1606-1618

  Crawshaw, Paul ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Magazines; Masculinity; Media; Men's health; Neo liberalism; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; MASCULINIZATION; MEDICINE; MENS HEALTH; NEOLIBERALISM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548637010     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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