Socio-cultural determinants of health-seeking behaviour on the Kenyan Coast: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Abubakar, Amina ^a,b,c   Van Baar, Anneloes ^a   Fischer, Ronald ^d   Bomu, Grace ^b   Gona, Joseph K ^b   Newton, Charles R ^b,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894098428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071998     Document Type: Article

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