Children's use of general practitioner services in the five Nordic countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-167

  Virtanen, J I ^a,b   Berntsson, L T ^c   Lahelma, E ^a   Kohler L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ARCTIC; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 31144440462     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.042390     Document Type: Article

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