Anthropology and Epidemiology: Learning epistemological lessons through a collaborative venture

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1701-1710

  Béhague, Dominique Pareja ^a,b   Gonçalves, Helen ^b   Victora, Cesar Gomes ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Epidemiology; Epistemology; Multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 53749092437     PISSN: 14138123     EISSN: 16784561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-81232008000600002     Document Type: Review

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