'Bringing beauty and brightness to the back streets': Health education and public health in England and Wales, 1890-1940

Health Education Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-209

  Welshman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertising; Community health; Environmental health; Health education; History; Leicester

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043150385     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789699705600210     Document Type: Article

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