Sexually transmitted disease, ethnomedicine and health policy in Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 121-130

  Green, Edward C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; STDS (or: venereal disease); traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWAZILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SWAZILAND;

EID: 0026764159     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90159-N     Document Type: Article

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