Masculinities, diet and senior Punjabi Sikh immigrant men: Food for Western thought?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-776

  Oliffe, John L ^a   Grewal, Suki ^b   Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Dhesi, Jasvinder ^a   Bindy, H ^a   Kang, K ^a   Ward, Amanda ^a   Hislop, T Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigration and men's diet; Masculinity and diet; Punjabi Sikh men's health; South Asian men's health

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CANADA; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES;

EID: 77955167641     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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