When "health" is not enough: Societal, individual and biomedical assessments of well-being among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 767-783

  Izquierdo, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Health measures; Matsigenka; Peruvian Amazon; Well being

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICISM; EMPLOYEE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORALITY; MORTALITY; OIL INDUSTRY; PARASITOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERU; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; STRESS; TEACHER; WELLBEING;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444366517     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.045     Document Type: Article

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