Pattern of health care utilization and determinants of care-seeking from GPs in two districts of Pakistan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1242-1253

  Janjua, Naveed Z ^a,b,d   Khan, Mohammad I ^a   Usman, Hussain R ^b   Azam, Iqbal ^a   Khalil, Moazzam ^c   Ahmad, Khabir ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c National Commission for Human Development   (Pakistan)

^d RPHB 430 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33846798235     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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