The question of racial immunity to yellow fever in history and historiography

Social Science History

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 437-453

  Espinosa, Mariola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84959553343     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: 15278034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ssh.2015.20     Document Type: Article

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