Predictors of men's health care utilization

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-122

  Boman, Erik K O ^a   Walker, Gordon A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Help seeking; International health; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949116331     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018461     Document Type: Article

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