Introduction

Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society since 1870

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-14

  Davidson, Roger ^a   Hall, Lesley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904949386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203300510     Document Type: Editorial

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