Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding dengue fever among adults of high and low socioeconomic groups

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Syed, Madiha ^a   Saleem, Taimur ^a   Syeda, Umme Rubab ^a   Habib, Manal ^a   Zahid, Rehan ^a   Bashir, Atif ^a   Rabbani, Madiha ^a   Khalid, Madiha ^a   Iqbal, Asif ^a   Rao, Ehsen Zawwar ^a   Shujja ur Rehman, ^a   Saleem, Sarah ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DENGUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77449107816     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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