Pleasing the masses: Messages for daily life management in African American women's popular media sources

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Black, Angela Rose ^a   Peacock, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOGGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MASS MEDIA; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; ROLE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78650893080     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.167817     Document Type: Article

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