The effects of obesity, gender and specialty on perceptions of physicians’ social influence

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 240-250

  Stearns, James M ^a   Borna, Shaheen ^b   Sundaram, Srinivasan ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Influence; Obesity; Sex discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037790     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040110392506     Document Type: Article

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