Treatment seeking for symptoms suggestive of TB: Comparison between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 927-933

  Wang, Yang ^a   Long, Qian ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Tolhurst, Rachel ^b   Tang, Shenglan ^b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Healthcare; Migrants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 44949119443     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02093.x     Document Type: Article

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