Walking: A gender issue?

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-64

  Kavanagh, Anne Marie ^a   Bentley, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Social determinants of health; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049145863     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00089.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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