Culture and epidemiology special issue: Towards an integrated study of culture and population health

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-234

  Kohrt, Brandon ^a   Hadley, Craig ^a   Hruschka, Daniel ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POPULATION THEORY;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649208490     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460902830128     Document Type: Review

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