Existential vulnerability: an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam

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Existential vulnerability : an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam. / Gammeltoft, Tine M.; Bui Thi Huyen Dieu; Vu Thi Kim Dung; Vu Duc Anh; Le Minh Hieu; Nguyen Thi Ai.

In: Anthropology & Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2022, p. 271-288.

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Gammeltoft, TM, Bui Thi Huyen Dieu, Vu Thi Kim Dung, Vu Duc Anh, Le Minh Hieu & Nguyen Thi Ai 2022, 'Existential vulnerability: an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam', Anthropology & Medicine, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2021.1994334

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Gammeltoft, T. M., Bui Thi Huyen Dieu, Vu Thi Kim Dung, Vu Duc Anh, Le Minh Hieu, & Nguyen Thi Ai (2022). Existential vulnerability: an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam. Anthropology & Medicine, 29(3), 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2021.1994334

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Gammeltoft TM, Bui Thi Huyen Dieu, Vu Thi Kim Dung, Vu Duc Anh, Le Minh Hieu, Nguyen Thi Ai. Existential vulnerability: an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam. Anthropology & Medicine. 2022;29(3):271-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2021.1994334

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Gammeltoft, Tine M. ; Bui Thi Huyen Dieu ; Vu Thi Kim Dung ; Vu Duc Anh ; Le Minh Hieu ; Nguyen Thi Ai. / Existential vulnerability : an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam. In: Anthropology & Medicine. 2022 ; Vol. 29, No. 3. pp. 271-288.

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