The risk of success: Cultural determinants of chronic disease and sexually transmitted infections among urban Chinese men

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-219

  Uretsky, Elanah ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; chronic disease; culture; masculinities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956132345     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq066     Document Type: Article

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