Caida de Mollera among Children of Mexican Migrant Workers: Implications for the Study of Folk Illnesses
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Anthropology Quarterly
- Vol. 12 (2) , 241-249
- https://doi.org/10.1525/maq.1998.12.2.241
Abstract
Information about the folk illness caida de mollera was collected from Mexican and Mexican American migrant mothers who had treated their children for the illness, and from physicians in a clinic tha...Keywords
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