Anatomy of fear: Mead's theory of the past and the experience of the HIV/AIDS "worried well"

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-548

  Lombardo, Anthony P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 11144346092     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2004.27.4.531     Document Type: Review

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