Understanding women's sleep management: beyond medicalization-healthicization: A response to Simon Williams
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociology of Health and Illness
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0141-9889,1467-9566
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9889.2004.00400.x