Transactions in Suffering: Mothers, Daughters, and Chronic Disease Comorbidities in New Delhi, India

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 498-514

  Weaver, Lesley Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; depression; India; suffering; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MOTHER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY;

EID: 85006792154     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12283     Document Type: Article

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