Neurologic services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study among Zambian primary healthcare workers

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a   Munsat, Theodore ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b World Federation of Neurology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Barriers to care; Developing country; Neurologic services; Primary care; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0037102694     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00132-6     Document Type: Article

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