Towards a critical approach to ecohealth research, theory and practice

Advances in Medical Sociology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-43

  Dakubo, Crescentia ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; Critical theory; Ecohealth; Gender and social equity; Ghana; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887869222     PISSN: 10576290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1057-6290(2013)0000015005     Document Type: Article

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