Do adolescents attending Bandar Mas primary care clinic consult health professionals for their common health problems?

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-139

  Khairani, Omar ^a,c   Zaiton, S ^b   Faridah, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c TTDI Jaya   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acne; Adolescents; Depressive symptoms; Health seeking behaviour; Overweight; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24944444351     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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