Patterns of outpatient visits by Japanese male expatriates in Thailand

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Sakai, Rie ^a   Wongkhomthong, Som Arch ^b   Marui, Eiji ^a   Laobhripatr, Suchart ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Bangkok Hospital Medical Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Disease patterns; Japanese expatriates; Overseas workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 43549092404     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L7072     Document Type: Article

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