Social and cultural efficacies of medicines: Complications for antiretroviral therapy

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  van der Geest, Sjaak ^a   Hardon, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34250891880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-48     Document Type: Article

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