“Evil Habits” and “Personal Choices”: Assigning Responsibility for Health in the 20th Century
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عنوان ژورنال: The Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0887-378X,1468-0009
DOI: 10.1046/j.0887-378x.2003.00296.x