Body and illness: Considering Visayan Filipino children's perspectives within local and global relationships of inequality

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-373

  Mitchell, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mapping; Children; Health beliefs; Philippines; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33751106161     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740601025856     Document Type: Review

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