"Just testing": Race, sex, and the media in new york's "baby AIDS" debate

Gender and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 644-661

  Booth, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0034377659     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124300014005004     Document Type: Review

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