Care-Seeking and Management of Common Childhood Illnesses in Tanzania - Results from the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kahabuka, Catherine ^a   Kvåle, Gunnar ^a   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PHARMACY; PNEUMONIA; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875029167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058789     Document Type: Article

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