Introduction: On theory and practice

Innovations in Health and Medicine: Diffusion and Resistance in the Twentieth Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Stanton, Jennifer ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917450150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203471517     Document Type: Editorial

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