Wrongdoing and retribution: Children's conceptions of illness causality in a central Indian village

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-333

  Froerer, Peggy ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 36749032267     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470701612620     Document Type: Article

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