Perspectives on tuberculosis among traditional Chinese medical practitioners in New York City's Chinatown

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-122

  Ho, Ming Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinatown; New York City; Traditional Chinese medicine; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748863589     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-006-9010-6     Document Type: Review

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