Najar or bhut - Evil eye or ghost affliction: Gujarati views about illness causation

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-73

  Spiro, Alison M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT FEEDING; MIGRATION; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 18344363556     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470500049867     Document Type: Review

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