Gender and health among the Colonial Maya of Tipu, Belize

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-22

  Danforth, Marie Elaine ^a   Jacobi, Keith P ^b   Cohen, Mark Nathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0037724971     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536100001541     Document Type: Article

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