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Original Articles

Epistemology of the Bottle: The Social Construction of Alcoholism and Alcoholics in Social Work Literature in the United States Between 1950 and 1959

Pages 3-35 | Received 10 Apr 2003, Accepted 20 May 2004, Published online: 12 Oct 2008

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