Sensationalising Africa: British medical impressions of sub-Saharan Africa, 1890-1939

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-415

  Crozier, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548403125     PISSN: 03086534     EISSN: 17439329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03086530701523398     Document Type: Article

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