Health status and geographic mobility among semi-nomadic pastoralists in Mongolia

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-242

  Mocellin, Jérome ^a   Foggin, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Univ Montreal Succursale Ctr Ville   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health geography; Health status; Mongolia; Nomads; Pastoralism; Spatial mobility

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIGRATION; MONGOLIA; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; ZOONOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 36849006011     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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