Social Distance and the Formerly Obese: Does the Stigma of Obesity Linger?

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-377

  Fee, Holly R ^a   Nusbaumer, Michael R ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

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EID: 84863826769     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2012.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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