Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
This article deals with methodological issues and how to link global processes - social and ecological - with environmental changes and human health in local communities. The discussion concerns how interdisciplinary approaches can help us find tools to develop new knowledge. Scientific knowledge an...
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