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Medical Anthropology
Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
Volume 15, 1993 - Issue 2: Latino Folk Illness
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Ataques de nervios in Puerto Rico: Culture‐bound syndrome or popular illness?

Pages 157-170 | Published online: 12 May 2010

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