Medical help seeking behaviour of injury patients in a community in Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Rahman, F ^a,c   Andersson, R ^b,c   Svanstrom L ^b,c  

^a Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Behaviour; Injury; Medical help

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031985245     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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