Revisiting Gay Men's Body Image Issues: Exposing the Fault Lines

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-317

  Kane, Graeme D ^a  

^a Independent Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Critical review; Gay men

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650287225     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020982     Document Type: Article

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