Beliefs about health and illness in three countries: Britain, South Africa and Uganda

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-201

  Furnham, A ^a,d   Akande, D ^b   Baguma, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032912180     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135485099106324     Document Type: Article

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