Discourses of stress, social inequities, and the everyday worlds of first nations women in a remote Northern Canadian community

Ethos

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-333

  Adelson, Naomi ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; First Nations; Social inequity; Stress discourse; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349112376     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2008.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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