First aid kit: A challenging new tool for traditional healers in Nepal

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-

  Jimba, Masamine ^a   Aitken, Iain W ^b   Silwal, Ram C ^c   Poudyal, Amod K ^a   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIRST AID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TECHNIQUE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

FEES AND CHARGES; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 20844450981     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475054037183     Document Type: Article

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