Diabetes among oaxaca's transnational population: An emerging syndemic

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-311

  Everett, Margaret ^a   Wieland, Josef N ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Indigenous populations; Nutrition; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887546057     PISSN: 2153957X     EISSN: 21539588     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/napa.12005     Document Type: Article

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