Social and Cultural Factors in Tropical Medicine: Reframing Our Understanding of Disease

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 26-35

  Walton, David A ^a   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b   Dillingham, Rebecca ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 84882474009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06668-9.50009-0     Document Type: Chapter

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