Pre-hospital care seeking behaviour for childhood acute respiratory infections in south-western Nigeria

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-294

  Ukwaja, Kingsley N ^a   Talabi, Ademola A ^a   Aina, Olufemi B ^a  

^a Oke Ilewo ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Care seeking; Health behaviour; Nigeria; Pre hospital care

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; NIGERIA; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TACHYPNEA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84870238933     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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