‘Kachinja are Coming!’: Encounters Around Medical Research Work in a Kenyan Village

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-202

  Geissler, P Wenzel ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CULTURAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL TRADITION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844512213     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.2.173     Document Type: Article

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