Chronicity and control: Framing noncommunicable diseases in Africa

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-74

  Whyte, Susan Reynolds ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; chronic disease; chronicity; diabetes; disability; medical anthropology; noncommunicable disease; Uganda

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CITIZENSHIP; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALARIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOPLASM; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UGANDA;

EID: 84861832213     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2012.660465     Document Type: Article

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