Commentary: Taking culture seriously in health research

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-259

  Dressler, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONELINESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; WELLBEING;

CULTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORALS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645825190     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi236     Document Type: Note

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