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Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-78

Understanding genital-shrinking epidemics in West Africa: koro, juju, or mass psychogenic illness?

Author keywords

Culture bound syndrome; Somatization; West African

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CROWDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; KORO; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 22544480366     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-005-4623-8     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (43)

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