Treatment-seeking for febrile illness in north-east India: An epidemiological study in the malaria endemic zone

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chaturvedi, Himanshu K ^a   Mahanta, Jagadish ^b   Pandey, Arvind ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNICITY; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 76749143728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-301     Document Type: Article

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