The Medicalization of Sunlight in the Early Twentieth Century

Journal of Historical Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-105

  Carter, Simon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYGIENE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RICKETS; SUNLIGHT; THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

HELIOTHERAPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HYGIENE; RICKETS; SUNLIGHT; THERAPEUTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84858310888     PISSN: 09521909     EISSN: 14676443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2011.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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