The construction of lay resistance to vaccination

Constructions of Health and Illness: European Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 89-106

  Hobson West, Pru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351161282-8     Document Type: Chapter

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