Non-communicable diseases, political economy, and culture in Africa: Anthropological applications in an emerging pandemic

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Setel, Philip W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara; Anthropology; Cross cultural comparisons; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; URBANIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLITICS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 1542709428     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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