Traditional healers' perceptions of smokeless tobacco use and health in the Limpopo Province of South Africa

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-222

  Ayo Yusuf, Olalekan ^a   Peltzer, Karl ^b,c,d   Mufamadi, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Smokeless tobacco; South Africa; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RITUAL; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 30344440084     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080500391837     Document Type: Article

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