Healing the hand that feeds you: Exploring solutions for dog and community health and welfare in australian indigenous cultures

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 219-229

  Constable, Sophie ^a   Brown, Graeme ^a   Dixon, Roselyn May ^b   Dixon, Robert John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal Health; Community Health; Cultural Studies; Developing Communities; Education and Social Welfare; Indigenous Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049465080     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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