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Risks of citizenship and fault lines of survival. / Petryna, Adriana; Follis, Karolina.
In: Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 44, 10.2015, p. 401-417.

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Petryna A, Follis K. Risks of citizenship and fault lines of survival. Annual Review of Anthropology. 2015 Oct;44:401-417. doi: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102313-030329

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Petryna, Adriana ; Follis, Karolina. / Risks of citizenship and fault lines of survival. In: Annual Review of Anthropology. 2015 ; Vol. 44. pp. 401-417.

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