Rural and urban Vietnamese mothers utilization of healthcare resources for children under 6 years with pneumonia and associated symptoms

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 254-267

  Kaljee, Linda M ^a   Anh, Dang Duc ^b   Minh, Truong Tan ^c   Huu Tho, Le ^c   Batmunkh, Nyambat ^d   Kilgore, Paul E ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Khanh Hoa Provincial Health Services   (Viet Nam)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Infants and children; Pneumonia; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOTHERS; PNEUMONIA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 79961134290     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9305-5     Document Type: Article

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