Cultural epidemiology

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 48-56

  Trostle, J A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Culture; Epidemiology; Ethnography; Inequality; Intervention; Measurement; Popular epidemiology; Risk; Social epidemiology; Social medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650817837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00155-6     Document Type: Chapter

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