Living by numbers the dynamic interplay of asymptomatic conditions and low cost measurement technologies in the cases of two women in the danish provinces

Suomen Antropologi

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 42-56

  Oxlund, Bjarke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Biopower; Denmark; Hypertension; Measurement; Numbers; Preventive health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879908156     PISSN: 03553930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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