Cultural interpretations of contagion

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 996-1001

  Caprara, Andrea ^a,b  

^a Angelo Celli Found a Hlth Culture   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Angelo Celli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community participation; Contagion; Public health; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BELIEF;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BRAZIL; COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0032417090     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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