Understanding Ulcers: Medical Knowledge, Social Constructionism, and Helicobacter Pylori
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Health Social Science
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1036-6733
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.1996.6.1.1