Demarcating epidemiology

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-51

  Amsterdamska, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Demarcation; History of epidemiology; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244284205     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904270719     Document Type: Article

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