Cultural variations in the placebo effect: Ulcers, anxiety, and blood pressure

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-72

  Moerman, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cross cultural variation; Hypertension; Placebo effect; Ulcer disease

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ULCER;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PLACEBO EFFECT; ULCER;

EID: 0034154725     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2000.14.1.51     Document Type: Article

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