Prevalence of chronic illness and health seeking behaviour in Malaysian population: Results from the third national health morbidity survey (NHMS III) 2006

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Amal, N M ^a   Paramesarvathy, R ^b   Tee, G H ^c   Gurpreet, K ^c   Karuthan, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Malaysia)

^c Institute for Public Health   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crosssectional study; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology of chronic illness; Hypertension; NHMS III malaysia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960187242     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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