Training shopkeepers and schoolchildren in medicine use: Experiments in applied medical anthropology in East Africa

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-255

  Van Der Geest, Sjaak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACY; SELF MEDICATION; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; SELF MEDICATION; UGANDA;

EID: 0033144620     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.2.253     Document Type: Article

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