Aging men’s health-related behaviors

SAGE Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Peak, Terry ^a   Gast, Julie A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging men; Masculinity norms; Men s health; Men s health behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927582905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014558044     Document Type: Article

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