Health care utilization and attitudes survey: Understanding diarrheal disease in rural gambia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 13-20

  Saha, Debasish ^a,b,c   Akinsola, Adebayo ^a,b,c   Sharples, Katrina ^a,b,c   Adeyemi, Mitchell O ^a,b,c   Antonio, Martin ^a,b,c   Imran, Sayeed ^a,b,c   Jasseh, Momodou ^a,b,c   Hossain, Mohammad J ^a,b,c   Nasrin, Dilruba ^a,b,c   Kotloff, Karen L ^a,b,c   Levine, Myron M ^a,b,c   Hill, Philip C ^a,b,c  

^a Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ZINC;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GAMBIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84880965699     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0751     Document Type: Review

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