Mot Luuk problems in northeast Thailand: Why women's own health concerns matter as much as disease rates

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1095-1112

  Boonmongkon, Pimpawun ^a   Nichter, Mark ^b   Pylypa, Jen ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecology; Reproductive health; Thailand; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

THAILAND;

EID: 0034908481     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00404-4     Document Type: Article

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