Alcohol brewing and the African tuberculosis epidemic

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-135

  Macintyre, Kate ^a   Bloss, Emily ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol production; Alcohol use; Kenya; Tuberculosis risk and prevention

Indexed keywords

DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952653973     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.552457     Document Type: Editorial

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