The cultural conceptions of dengue fever in the cayo district of Belize

Human Organization

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-75

  Smith, Lauren ^a  

^a Medical Anthropologist based in Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural conceptions; Dengue fever; Disease prevention and control

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CAYO;

EID: 84860002550     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.71.1.t8513653l8111214     Document Type: Article

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