Health Beliefs and Practices Related to Dengue Fever: A Focus Group Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Li Ping ^a   AbuBakar, Sazaly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

EID: 84880842313     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002310     Document Type: Article

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