Health social science research on the study of diarrheal disease: A focus on dysentery

Anthropology and International Health: Asian Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 111-135

  Nichter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203393390     Document Type: Chapter

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