A space of vulnerability in poverty and health: Political-ecology and biocultural analysis

Ethos

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-70

  Leatherman, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocultural approaches; Health; Peruvian Andes; Political ecology; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844578180     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2005.33.1.046     Document Type: Review

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