Traditional beliefs concerning health and illness among members of the Circassian community in Israel

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-72

  Haron, Yafa ^a,b   Eisikovits, Rivka ^a,c   Linn, Shai ^a,b,c  

^a Technion Israel Inst of Technology ^*

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circassians; Cultural; Epidemiology; Ethnicity, health, qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543142954     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JORH.0000009756.67769.96     Document Type: Article

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