The domestication of health care: Health advice to canadian mothers 1993-2008 in today's parent

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-179

  Clarke, Juanne N ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Health; Magazine; Parents; Portrayal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954127945     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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