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- Year
- 1999
- Type
- book-chapter
- Pages
- 481-494
- Citations
- 23
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Bruce G. Link,
Jo C. Phelan
(1999).
Labeling and Stigma.
Handbooks of sociology and social research
, 481-494.
https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36223-1_23
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- 10.1007/0-387-36223-1_23