The Ethnoecology of Dengue Fever

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 202-223

  Whiteford, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dengue fever; Dominican republic; Ethnoecology; Gender roles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DENGUE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031157172     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1997.11.2.202     Document Type: Article

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