Malaria, danger, and risk perceptions among the Yao in rural Malawi

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-420

  Launiala, Annika ^a   Honkasalo, Marja Liisa ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Malaria; Malawi; Pregnancy; Risk; Sexually transmitted illnesses; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALARIA; MALAWI; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77957007200     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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