The structure of health and illness in a Brazilian favela

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-179

  Kraatz, Elizabeth Santas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BRAZIL; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035411857     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365960101200301     Document Type: Article

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