The politics of uncertainty: The AIDS debate, Thabo Mbeki and the South African government response

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-538

  Van Rijn, Kiran ^a  

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Author keywords

Dissident; Durban Declaration; Epidemiology; HIV AIDS; Politics; Science; South Africa; Thabo Mbeki; Uncertainty; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845220306     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkl077     Document Type: Article

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