Dark Winter and the spring of 1972: Deflecting the social lessons of smallpox

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-191

  Barrett, Ronald ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological warfare; Biosecurity; Bioterrorism; Critical medical anthropology; Smallpox; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; STATISTICAL MODEL; YUGOSLAVIA;

BIOTERRORISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SMALLPOX; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33646549561     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740600686633     Document Type: Review

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