The social production of health: Critical contributions from evolutionary, biological, and cultural anthropology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 745-750

  Levin, Betty Wolder ^a   Browner, C H ^a  

^a Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biology and health; Cross cultural approaches; Definitions of health; Medical anthropology; Social determinants of health; Social inequalities and health

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; THINKING; TIME; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20444429716     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.048     Document Type: Article

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