Fluid labor and blood money: The economy of HIV/AIDS in rural central China

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-569

  Jing, Shao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Commercial plasma collection; Economy; Epidemiology; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749436595     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.4.535     Document Type: Article

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