Things that kept coming to mind while thinking through Susser's South African memoir

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 559-561

  Porta, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745861335     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.043661     Document Type: Review

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