Physical accessibility and utilization of health services in Yemen

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a   Clark, Allan ^b   Longenecker, Joseph C ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CHILD CARE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PLANNING SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

TAIZZ; YEMEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YEMEN;

CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; YEMEN;

EID: 77954683356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-38     Document Type: Article

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