Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway

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Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway. / Skowronski, Magdalena; Risør, Mette Bech; Foss, Nina.

In: Anthropology in Action, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2017, p. 27-33.

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Skowronski, M, Risør, MB & Foss, N 2017, 'Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway', Anthropology in Action, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 27-33. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2017.240105

APA

Skowronski, M., Risør, M. B., & Foss, N. (2017). Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway. Anthropology in Action, 24(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2017.240105

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Skowronski M, Risør MB, Foss N. Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway. Anthropology in Action. 2017;24(1):27-33. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2017.240105

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Skowronski, Magdalena ; Risør, Mette Bech ; Foss, Nina. / Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway. In: Anthropology in Action. 2017 ; Vol. 24, No. 1. pp. 27-33.

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