Why is cancer more depressing for men than women among older white adults?

Social Forces

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 535-558

  Pudrovska, Tetyana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79953154449     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0102     Document Type: Article

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