Towards a sociology of disease

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 659-676

  Timmermans, Stefan ^a   Haas, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Research agenda; Sociology; Theory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 47349119330     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01097.x     Document Type: Review

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