Power, culture and medicine: Ayurvedic pharmaceuticals in the modern market

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 435-467

  Banerjee, Madhulika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POWER RELATIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036764138     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670203600301     Document Type: Article

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