Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC): FrameworK for Comparative Study of Illness

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-263

  Weiss, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cultural epidemiology; Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC); explanatory models; research methods; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000692393     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159703400204     Document Type: Article

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