Anthropology of Infectious Disease
Subtitle: International Health Perspectives (Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology and International Health)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9789056995553
Subjects: Anthropology; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Infectious & contagious diseases; Medical microbiology & virology; Sociology; Medical / Nursing; Social Science; Anthropology - General; Health Care Delivery; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Communicable diseases; Medical anthropology
First sentence: As the year 2000 approaches, a large portion of the world's population still suffers from, and struggles against, diseases caused by infectious agents.