Scarification in sub-Saharan Africa: Social skin, remedy and medical import
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In: Tropical Medicine and International Health, Vol. 22, No. 6, 06.2017, p. 708-715.
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T1 - Scarification in sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - Social skin, remedy and medical import
AU - Garve, Roland
AU - Garve, Miriam
AU - Türp, Jens C.
AU - Fobil, Julius N.
AU - Meyer, Christian G.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Various forms of body modification may be observed in sub-Saharan Africa. Hypotheses and theories of scarification and tribal marking in sub-Saharan Africa are described, plus the procedure of scarification, examples from several African countries, assumed effects in prevention and treatment of diseases, and the medical risks resulting from unsterile manipulation.
AB - Various forms of body modification may be observed in sub-Saharan Africa. Hypotheses and theories of scarification and tribal marking in sub-Saharan Africa are described, plus the procedure of scarification, examples from several African countries, assumed effects in prevention and treatment of diseases, and the medical risks resulting from unsterile manipulation.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Medical consequences of scarification
KW - Scarification
KW - Social significance
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
KW - Theories of tribal marking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019156142&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/tmi.12878
DO - 10.1111/tmi.12878
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 28380287
AN - SCOPUS:85019156142
VL - 22
SP - 708
EP - 715
JO - Tropical Medicine and International Health
JF - Tropical Medicine and International Health
SN - 1360-2276
IS - 6
ER -