Masculinity and health: A comparison between the gendered attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of Latino and Caucasian men

Masculinity and Femininity: Stereotypes/Myths, Psychology and Role of Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-124

  Gast, Julie ^a   Peak, Terry ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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