A study on the needs of medical, maternal and child health care in Chinese women students at the University of Tokyo

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Gu, Yan Hong ^a,c   Lee, Setsuko ^b   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese women students; Language barrier; Maternal and child health; Medical and health care information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; TOKYO; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 5044224701     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.204.71     Document Type: Article

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