Family expenditure on sickness episodes of pre-school children in urban slums of Lucknow, North India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Awasthi, Shally ^a   Pande, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; POVERTY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031847210     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559802800307     Document Type: Article

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