"I thought it was only ordinary fever!" cultural knowledge and the micropolitics of therapy seeking for childhood febrile illness in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4602397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vinay R Kamat (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 2945-2959 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.042 |
| PMID | 16403595 |
| OpenAlex | W1997073730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 42 |
Disease · Malaria · Psychiatry · Public health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Global Maternal and Child Health · Malaria Research and Control · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Nursing · Psychology · Immunology
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,68 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |