The effects of local medicinal knowledge and hygiene on helminth infections in an Amazonian society

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 701-709

  Tanner, Susan ^a   Chuquimia Choque, Maria E ^b   Huanca, Tomás ^b   McDade, Thomas W ^c   Leonard, William R ^c   Reyes García, Victoria ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study TAPS   (Bolivia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Child health; Ethnomedical knowledge; Helminth parasites; Infectious disease; Tsimane' Amerindians

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYGIENE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 79952004309     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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