The normalization of childhood disease: An ethnographic study of child malnutrition in Rural Guatemala

Human Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-97

  Chary, Anita ^a   Messmer, Sarah ^b   Sorenson, Eric ^c   Henretty, Nicole ^e   Dasgupta, Shom ^d   Rohloff, Peter ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Edesia   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

child health; ethnography; Guatemala; indigenous; malnutrition; Maya

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84878036880     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.72.2.f2014210742702r2     Document Type: Article

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