Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in the Medical Marketplace of India: Implications for Efforts to Improve Global Respiratory Health

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van Sickle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Guidelines; India; Medical pluralism; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920679741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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