Health impacts of rapid economic changes in Thailand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 789-807

  Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a   Harnvoravongchai, Piya ^b   Pitayarangsarit, Siriwan ^b   Kasemsup, Vijj ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Health impact; HIV AIDS; Low birthweight; Malnutrition; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSURANCE; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

THAILAND;

EID: 0034666831     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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