Figures of transversality: State power and prenatal screening in contemporary Vietnam

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 570-587

  Gammeltoft, Tine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disability; Population; Science; State; Technology; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049106966     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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