Determinants of health care seeking for diarrheal illness in young childrenin urban slums of Kolkata, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 56-61

  Manna, Byomkesh ^a,b   Nasrin, Dilruba ^a,b   Kanungo, Suman ^a,b   Roy, Subhasis ^a,b   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^a,b   Kotloff, Karen L ^a,b   Levine, Myron M ^a,b   Sur, Dipika ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880960635     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0756     Document Type: Review

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