Recipe knowledge: A tool for understanding some apparently irrational behaviour

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-103

  Hausmann Muela, Susanna ^a,b,d   Ribera, Joan Muela ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0037786645     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470301265     Document Type: Review

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