Doing masculinity, not doing health? a qualitative study among dutch male employees about health beliefs and workplace physical activity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Verdonk, Petra ^a   Seesing, Hannes ^a,b   De Rijk, Angelique ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Gezondheidscentrum Didam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349295709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-712     Document Type: Article

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