Contextualizing chronicity: A perspective from Malaysia

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yasin, Shajahan ^a   Chan, Carina K Y ^a   Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Allotey, Pascale ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALAYSIA; NOTE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84857958999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-4     Document Type: Note

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