Kaleidoscoping public understanding of science on hygiene, health and plague: A survey in the aftermath of a plague epidemic in India

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-267

  Raza, Gauhar ^a   Dutt, Bharvi ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; PLAGUE; PUBLIC OPINION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; PLAGUE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 0031179928     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-6625/6/3/004     Document Type: Review

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