Myths and beliefs about the acquisition of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis amongst the Xhosa university students in South Africa

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-206

  Mathews, M ^a   Mammen, K J ^a   Mammen, M ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Belief; Cysticercosis; Myths; Taeniasis; Tapeworm; Xhosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871854080     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2012.11886439     Document Type: Article

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