Darkness's Descent on the American Anthropological Association

Human Nature

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-246

  Dreger, Alice ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Anthropological Association; Anthropology; Darkness in El Dorado; James Neel; Napoleon Chagnon; Patrick Tierney; Yanomam

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; VENEZUELA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EPIDEMICS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MEASLES; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; VENEZUELA;

EID: 80052964741     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9103-y     Document Type: Article

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