Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge
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- Authors
- Epstein, S.
- Corresponding author
- S Epstein
- Venue
- Nature Medicine
- Published
- 1997-02
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 242-243
- ISSN
- 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-170X
- OpenAlex
- W2147671322
- Cited by
- 1,666
- References
- 0
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Global Security and Public Health
- Keywords
- AIDS, AIDS activism, politics of knowledge, science and activism, HIV/AIDS research, science policy
- MeSH terms
- AIDS-Related Complex, Humans, Politics, Research, United States, History, 20th Century
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