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. 2016 May;109(5):175-9.
doi: 10.1177/0141076816628866. Epub 2016 Jan 27.

Public health, politics and the stigma of mass hysteria: lessons from an outbreak of unusual illness

Robert E Bartholomew  1
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Public health, politics and the stigma of mass hysteria: lessons from an outbreak of unusual illness

Robert E Bartholomew. J R Soc Med. 2016 May.
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