A comparison of population-based pneumonia surveillance and health-seeking behavior in two provinces in rural Thailand

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-361

  Jordan, Hannah T ^a,b   Prapasiri, Prabda ^c   Areerat, Peera ^c   Anand, Shuchi ^d   Clague, Birgit ^c   Sutthirattana, Saithip ^c   Chamany, Shadi ^e   Flannery, Brendan ^b   Olsen, Sonja J ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health seeking; Pneumonia; Population based; Surveillance; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849095616     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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