Déjàvu: Leprosy and immigration discourse in the twenty-first century United States

Leprosy Review

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-26

  White, Cassandra ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEAR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; LEPROSY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; MIGRATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEAR; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953154567     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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