What worries parents when their preschool children are acutely ill, and why: A qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7063, 1996, Pages 983-986

  Kai, Joe ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029808858     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7063.983     Document Type: Article

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