Knowledge Organization, Categories, and Ad Hoc Groups: Folk Medical Models among Mexican Migrants in Nashville

Ethos

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-188

  Ross, Norbert ^a   Maupin, Jonathan ^b   Timura, Catherine A ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Culture and cognition; Folk medicine; Mexican migrants; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955618759     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2011.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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