A KAP study of the attitude and practice of traditional medicine in a contemporary Nigerian community

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 58-62

  Agbaje, E O ^a   Babatunde, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845944892     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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