Importing trachoma: The introduction into Britain of American ideas of an 'immigrant disease', 1892-1906

Immigrants and Minorities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-99

  Maglen, Krista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; EYE DISEASE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMMIGRATION POLICY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16344378072     PISSN: 02619288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261928042000334853     Document Type: Article

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