Health and health care-seeking behavior of adolescents in urban and rural China

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Hesketh, Therese ^a,c   Ding, Qu Jian ^b   Tomkins, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c 51A Narada Gardens ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Adolescence; China; Health; Health care seeking behavior; Morbidity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0141457716     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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