Risk, citizenship, and public discourse: Coeval dialogues on war and health in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-330

  Robertson, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Coevalness; Conspiracy narratives; Drug economy; Drug histories; Drug purity; Public discourse; Representation; Transnational forms of risk; Women drug users

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK; TERRORISM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERRORISM; URBAN HEALTH; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33751101345     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740601021160     Document Type: Review

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