Suffering from water: Social origins of bodily distress in a Mexican community

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 368-390

  Ennis Mcmillan, Michael C ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical medical anthropology; Drinking water; Gender and health; Latin America; Social suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEXICO; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SANITATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035462089     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.3.368     Document Type: Article

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