Tuberculosis among the Xavante Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: An epidemiological and ethnographic assessment

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-657

  Basta, Paulo Cesar ^a   Coimbra Jr , Carlos E A ^a   Welch, James R ^a   Corra Alves, Luiz Carlos ^a   Santos, Ricardo Ventura ^a,b   Bastos Camacho, Luiz Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Medical anthropology; South American Indians; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; FIELDWORK; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; X-RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 77956066615     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460903524451     Document Type: Article

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