Political ecologies of health

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-55

  King, Brian ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Health; Health geography; HIV AIDS; Medical geography; Political ecology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 75749138468     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132509338642     Document Type: Article

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