Culture, socioeconomic status, and physical and mental health in Brazil

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-446

  Dressler, William W ^a   Balieiro, Mauro Campos ^b   Dos Santos, Jose Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cultural consensus; Cultural consonance; Health status; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032253089     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1998.12.4.424     Document Type: Article

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