Public health developments in colonial Malaya: Colonialism and the politics of prevention

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-107

  Manderson, Lenore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALAYSIA; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0033008493     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.1.102     Document Type: Article

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