"Placing" health risks in the Karakoram: Local perceptions of disease, dependency, and social change in Northern Pakistan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-277

  Halvorson, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health risks; Karakoram; Northern pakistan; Social change

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0141671772     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0271:PHRITK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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