The Anthropology of Childhood Malaria in Tanzania

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kamat, Vinay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural models; Ethnography; Malaria; Medical pluralism; Tanzania; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870559135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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