Urban health in daily practice: Livelihood, vulnerability and resilience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-290

  Obrist, Brigit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0345604442     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847032000145930     Document Type: Article

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