Advances in Social Behavior Research
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Cultural Habitus, Poverty Traps and High Incidence of Esophageal Cancer—Based on A Field Observation in Linzhou, China
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Abstract
In the paper, the human behavior risk factors of esophageal cancer will be summarized and sorted out, Linzhou, a high-incidence area of esophageal cancer in northern China, is regarded as the field observation object for the study, and it is hoped that the reasons for many risk factors continuously existing in high-risk areas are explained by Bourdieu’s habitus theory, meanwhile, the existence and prevention of esophageal cancer in Linzhou was described correspondingly, and the economic and cultural background behind it was tried to explore. As an epitome of major prevention and control of diseases in rural areas of China, the study can be an effective supplement to anthropology and epidemiology in the field.
Keywords
Medical anthropology, Esophageal cancer, Linzhou of China, Epidemiology, Habitus
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries (ICEIPI 2022), Part I
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-915371-07-2
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- 978-1-915371-08-9
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- 01 March 2023
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- Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
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- 2753-7048
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- 2753-7056
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- 10.54254/2753-7048/2/2022361
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