Dear Mayor: Online Communications with Local Governments in Hangzhou and Nanjing

China Information

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-260

  Hartford, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative; CAM; complementary; herbal medicine; media reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992870613     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X05054682     Document Type: Article

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