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Saúde e povos indígenas / organizado por Ricardo V. Santos & Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Medicine.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Health and hygiene.
- Indians of South America--Social conditions.
- Traditional medicine--South America.
- Traditional medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- SciELO Books - Editora FIOCRUZ 1994
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Editora FIOCRUZ, 1994.
- Language Note:
- Portuguese
- Summary:
- "Innovative collection of 10 articles by anthropologists and medical specialists with experience among South American indigenous peoples, principally in Brazil. Overall objective of volume is to integrate bioecological and sociocultural factors in the understanding of health and sickness in indigenous societies. Articles are thematically organized in three parts: 1) studies of pre-history and contact history, 2) ethnomedicine, and 3) impact of socioeconomic processes on health/sickness profiles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
- Notes:
- CC BY-NC
- Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (SciELO Books, viewed Jun. 22, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.7476/9788575412770
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