When "the program is good, but the disease is better": Lessons from peru on drug-resistant tuberculosis

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-296

  Smith Nonini, Sandy ^a,b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistant tuberculosis; Infectious disease; International health

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644451955     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740500189548     Document Type: Article

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