Policy, powers and practice: The public response to public health in the Scottish city

Medicine, Health and the Public Sphere in Britain, 1600-2000

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 171-188

  Brunton, Deborah ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203520178     Document Type: Chapter

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