Women in their place: Gender and perceptions of neighborhoods and health in the West of Scotland

Geographies of Women's Health: Place, Diversity and Difference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 265-281

  Ellaway, Anne ^a   Macintyre, Sally ^b  

^a University of Glasgow ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85069589611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203186022-24     Document Type: Chapter

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