Gendered perceptions of own and partner weight-level

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 382-399

  Tornhøj Christensen, Vibeke ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; gender; probit model; weight perception

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84862750126     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459311425512     Document Type: Article

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