Cultural images and the health of African American women

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-746

  Hill, Shirley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied; Class; Gender; Health; Medical; Policy; Practice; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449428709     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209346308     Document Type: Article

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