How gender stereotypes influence self-regulation of cardiac health care-seeking and adaptation

The Self-Regulation of Health and Illness Behaviour

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 220-241

  Martin, René ^a   Suls, Jerry ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

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