Culture as a factor in causal understanding of illness: A study of cancer patients

Psychology and Developing Societies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Kohli, Neena ^a   Dalal, Ajit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

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EID: 0007741204     PISSN: 09713336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097133369801000202     Document Type: Article

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