Syndemics and human health: Implications for prevention and intervention

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-211

  Singer, Merrill ^a   Bulled, Nicola ^a   Ostrach, Bayla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Funding for syndemics research; Practical applications; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887513176     PISSN: 2153957X     EISSN: 21539588     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/napa.12000     Document Type: Article

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