Religious ritual is good medicine for indigenous indian conservation refugees: Implications for global mental health

Current Anthropology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 257-284

  Snodgrass, Jeffrey G ^a   Most, David E ^a   Upadhyay, Chakrapani ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Government Postgraduate College in Pratapgarth   (India)

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EID: 85016808097     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/691212     Document Type: Article

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