Presence and awareness of infectious disease among Chinese migrant workers

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 379-395

  Strand, Mark ^a,f   Wang, Xiaobing ^c   Duan, Xiaoqin ^b   Lee, Kristin ^d   Alex, Wang ^e   Li, Yanqing ^c   Ni, Jinxi ^c   Cheng, Guangming ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shanxi Evergreen Service   (China)

^c Yuci Centers for Disease Control   (China)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f Evergreen   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35348947394     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.26.4.f     Document Type: Article

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