Are 'Village Doctors' in Bangladesh a curse or a blessing?

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mahmood, Shehrin S ^a   Iqbal, Mohammad ^a   Hanifi, S M A ^a   Wahed, Tania ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^a  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 77954184974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-18     Document Type: Article

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