Diabetes in the tropics: Race, place and class in India, 1880-1965

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-261

  Arnold, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Governmentality; Insulin; Race; Tropical disease; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349203827     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkp005     Document Type: Article

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