More than one and less than many: Materialising hepatitis C and injecting drug use in self-help literature and beyond

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-244

  Fraser, Suzanne ^a  

^a Faculty of Art   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Science and technology studies; Self help; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952662891     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.2.230     Document Type: Article

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