Chinese children's explanations for illness

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-519

  Zhu, Liqi ^a   Liu, Guangyi ^a   Tardif, Twila ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese traditional medicine; Culture; Illness; Naive biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 71049118926     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409343748     Document Type: Article

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