Diagnosis of chronic conditions with modifiable lifestyle risk factors in selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh and sociodemographic variability therein

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Parr, John D ^a   Lindeboom, Wietze ^a   Khanam, Masuma A ^a   Pérez Koehlmoos, Tracey L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 81055138852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-309     Document Type: Article

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