Self-reported serious illnesses in rural Cambodia: A cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ir, Por ^a,b   Men, Chean ^c   Lucas, Henry ^d   Meessen, Bruno ^b   Decoster, Kristof ^b   Bloom, Gerald ^d   van Damme, Wim ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Centre for Advanced Studies   (Cambodia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VIET NAM; CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY;

CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77956202268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010930     Document Type: Article

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