Battling for survival, battling for moral clarity: "Illegality" and illness in the everyday struggles of undocumented HIV + women migrant workers in Tel Aviv

International Migration

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-156

  Rosenthal, Anat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SURVIVAL; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; TEL AVIV;

EID: 34547126225     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2007.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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