The Straw That Breaks the Camel's Back Redirecting Health-Seeking Behavior Studies on Malaria and Vulnerability

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-121

  Ribera, Joan Muela ^a   Hausmann Muela, Susanna ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mutual aid; Public health; Syndemic; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79952365505     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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