Access to health care in relation to socioeconomic status in the Amazonian area of Peru

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kristiansson, Charlotte ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b   Rodriguez, Hugo ^c   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^d   Strohmeyer, Marianne ^d   Tomson, Göran ^a   Hartvig, Per ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c Health Directorate of Loreto   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSENTERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 65649114378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-11     Document Type: Article

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