Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2003):

Fat as disability: the case of the Jews.

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Author/s: Gilman, Sander L (SL);

Affiliation: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.

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Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Literature and medicine (Lit Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2004-; vol 23 (issue 1) : pp 46-60; discussion 61-5

Dates: Created 2004/07/21; Completed 2004/08/26; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 15264509, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Activities of Daily Living Adaptation, Psychological Attitude to Health Cultural Characteristics Disabled Persons - psychology History, Medieval Humans Interpersonal Relations

Interpersonal Relations Jews - genetics; history; psychology Judaism - history Life Style Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics) Obesity - ethnology; psychology Self Concept Social Identification

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