The economic impact of dengue hemorrhagic fever on family level in Southern Vietnam

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-172

  Harving, Mette Lonstrup ^a   Rönsholt, Frederikke Falkencrone ^a,b  

^a Children's Hosp No 1 Ho Chi M   (Viet Nam)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COLLOID; COST OF ILLNESS; CRYSTALLOID; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FAMILY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 34249777276     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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