Health risk analysis and sociomedical technologies of the self: Private health insurance gets into health promotion

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-132

  Cheek, Julianne ^a   Willis, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0347360313     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1998.tb01327.x     Document Type: Article

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