Needle exchange, HIV infection, and the politics of science: Confronting Canada's cocaine injection epidemic with participant observation

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-350

  Bourgois, Philippe ^a   Bruneau, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0040524323     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2000.9966161     Document Type: Article

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