I Will No Longer Be a Man! Manliness and Prostate Cancer Screenings Among Latino Men

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-25

  Rivera Ramos, Zully A ^a   Buki, Lydia P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cultural beliefs; Latino; Manliness; Men; Prostate; Screenings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251587503     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020624     Document Type: Article

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