Can there be a "cultural epidemiology"?

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 436-457

  Digiacomo, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Culture; Epidemiology; Epistemology; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0033251857     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.4.436     Document Type: Article

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