Are we reluctant to talk about cultural determinants?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-363

  Chaturvedi, Sanjay ^a   Arora, Narendra K ^b   Dasgupta, Rajib ^c   Patwari, Ashok K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b The INCLEN Trust International   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD REARING; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SAFETY; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PANDEMIC; POLIOMYELITIS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEX; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGIST; SOUTH ASIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; EDUCATION; HUMANS;

EID: 79955734210     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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