The uses of culture in the making of AIDS neurosis in Japan

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 402-409

  Miller, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Culture; HIV; Japan; Neurosis; Phobia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; NEUROSIS; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031879836     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199807000-00004     Document Type: Article

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