Healthy adults and maternal bodies: Reformulations of gender in Australian alcohol guidelines

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-161

  Keane, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drinking; Gender; Pregnancy; Risk; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883793840     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2013.22.2.151     Document Type: Article

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