Patients routinely report more symptoms to experienced field enumerators than physicians in rural cǒte d'ivoire

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 592-596

  Fürst, Thomas ^a,b,c,d,e   Silué, Kigbafori D ^a,b,c,d,e   Ouattara, Mamadou ^a,b,c,d,e   Adiossan, Lukas G ^a,b,c,d,e   N'Goran, Dje N ^a,b,c,d,e   Yao, Azragnou J ^a,b,c,d,e   Koné, Siaka ^a,b,c,d,e   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^a,b,c,d,e   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b,c,d,e   Bogoch, Isaac I ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Hôpital General de Taabo Cité   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e Programme Nat de Lutte contre la Schistosomiase les Geohelminthiases et la Filariose Lymphatique   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886874817     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0122     Document Type: Article

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