ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND REPRODUCTION: An analysis of Swedish public health campaigns against drinking during pregnancy

Critical Discourse Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-77

  Törrönen, Jukka ^a   Tryggvesson, Kalle ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

advice to pregnant women; critical discourse analysis; drinking; governmentality studies; public health campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911457488     PISSN: 17405904     EISSN: 17405912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2014.934386     Document Type: Article

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