Portraying Islam and Muslims in MEDLINE: A content analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2425-2439

  Laird, Lance Daniel ^a   de Marrais, Justine ^b   Barnes, Linda L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnographic content analysis; Islam; MEDLINE; Muslims; Religion

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; ISLAMISM; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MOSLEM; RELIGION; SOCIAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACCULTURATION; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISLAM; MEDLINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36349030201     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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