The Biopolitics of Reproductive Technologies beyond the Clinic: Localizing HPV Vaccines in India

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-342

  Towghi, Fouzieyha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biocapital; biopolitics; cervical cancer; epigenetics; HPV vaccine

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS VACCINATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84879635633     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2013.769976     Document Type: Article

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