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Sars and New York's Chinatown

The politics of risk and blame during an epidemic of fear

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ID4743201
AuthorsLaura Eichelberger (0000-0003-2738-5863, University of Arizona, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume65
Issue6
Pages1284-1295
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.022
PMID17544189
OpenAlexW2023199841
LanguageEN
Citations received121
References cited41

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