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Discourses of Smoking, Health, and the Just Society: Yesterday, Today, and the Return of the Same?

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Discourses of Smoking, Health, and the Just Society: Yesterday, Today, and the Return of the Same? / Palladino, Paolo.
In: Social History of Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001, p. 313-335.

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Palladino, P 2001, 'Discourses of Smoking, Health, and the Just Society: Yesterday, Today, and the Return of the Same?', Social History of Medicine, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.2.313

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Palladino, P. (2001). Discourses of Smoking, Health, and the Just Society: Yesterday, Today, and the Return of the Same? Social History of Medicine, 14(2), 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.2.313

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Palladino P. Discourses of Smoking, Health, and the Just Society: Yesterday, Today, and the Return of the Same? Social History of Medicine. 2001;14(2):313-335. doi: 10.1093/shm/14.2.313

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Palladino, Paolo. / Discourses of Smoking, Health, and the Just Society : Yesterday, Today, and the Return of the Same?. In: Social History of Medicine. 2001 ; Vol. 14, No. 2. pp. 313-335.

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