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Research Papers

Antibiotic ‘entanglements’: health, labour and everyday life in an urban informal settlement in Kampala, Uganda

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Pages 95-104 | Received 26 Jun 2020, Accepted 13 Oct 2021, Published online: 08 Nov 2021

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