Older women's body image: A lifecourse perspective

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1197-1218

  Liechty, Toni ^a   Yarnal, Careen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; lifecourse perspective; older women; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957281546     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000346     Document Type: Article

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