Dirt, disgust, and disease: Is hygiene in our genes?

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-31

  Curtis, Valerie ^a   Biran, Adam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034998058     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2001.0001     Document Type: Review

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