Health care utilization for diarrhea and fever in 4 urban slums in Karachi

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Zaidi, S Shujaat H ^a   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b   Nizami, S Q ^a   Acosta, Camilo ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Fever; Health care; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33745318348     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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