Healthy masculinities? How ostensibly healthy men talk about lifestyle, health and gender

Psychology and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 783-803

  Sloan, Claire ^a   Gough, Brendan ^b   Conner, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Masculinities; Men's health; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955886028     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440902883204     Document Type: Article

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