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Medical Anthropology
Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
Volume 15, 1993 - Issue 4: Acute Respiratory Infection
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Acute respiratory illness: Popular health culture and mother's knowledge in the Philippines

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Pages 353-375 | Published online: 12 May 2010
 

Abstract

Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the chief causes of morbidity and mortality in the third world. This ethnographic study of ARI in the Philippines draws attention to local knowledge, sign recognition, perceptions of severity, and cultural factors influencing health care seeking. The mix of research methods used to generate data on these issues is discussed.

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