Professionalization, Gender and Female-dominated Professions: Dental Hygiene in Ontario

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-289

  Adams, Tracey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2003.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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