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Connecting masculinities and physical activity among senior South Asian Canadian immigrant men

Senior South Asian (SA) men experience many health challenges which may be exacerbated by immigration. However, little is known about the health practices of this subgroup of men, including how they conceptualize connections between exercise, health and illness. An ethnographic qualitative study inc...

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Published in:	Critical public health 2009-09, Vol.19 (3-4), p.383-397
Main Authors:	Oliffe, J.L., Grewal, S., Bottorff, J.L., Hislop, T.G., Phillips, M.J., Dhesi, J., Kang, H.B.K.
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Subjects:	Asian Canadians British Columbia Collectivism Exercise Health Problems Illness immigrant men and exercise Immigrants Immigration Males masculinities Masculinity Men men's health promotion Noncitizens Physical Fitness South Asian Cultural Groups Wellness programs
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