The health seeking behaviour of elderly population in a poor-urban community of karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Ladha, Abdullah ^a   Khan, Romaisa Shamim ^a   Malik, Awais Amjad ^a   Khan, Sana Farooq ^a   Khan, Beenish ^a   Khan, Irum Nawaz ^a   Samiullah, ^a   Kayani, Waleed Tallat ^a   Saleem, Sarah ^b  

^a Medical College   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PAKISTAN; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 59949102471     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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