Understanding the geography of pellagra in the United States: The role of social and place-based identities

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-212

  Chacko, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944445370     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690500094849     Document Type: Article

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