Notions of child health: Mothers' accounts of health in their young babies

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 436-456

  Lauritzen, Sonja Olin ^a  

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Author keywords

Child health; Embodiment; Health ideas; Lay perspective; Mothers' accounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031534401     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.1997.tb00412.x     Document Type: Article

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