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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

Mark Nichter Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721
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Mimi Nichter Director of an adolescent health project in the Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721
Pages 353-375 | Published online: 12 May 2010

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