An attributional analysis of gender and cancer-related stigma

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 827-838

  Mosher, Catherine E ^a,b   Danoff Burg, Sharon ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer; Gender; Smoking; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249114632     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9487-2     Document Type: Article

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