Compulsion, localism, and pragmatism: The micro-politics of tuberculosis screening in the United Kingdom, 1950-1965

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-312

  Welshman, John ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Chest X ray; Medical examination; Migrant; Migration; Ministry of Health; Port of entry; Screening; Tuberculosis; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747885133     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkl002     Document Type: Review

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