Symptoms and medical conditions in 204 912 patients visiting primary health-care practitioners in India: A 1-day point prevalence study (the POSEIDON study)

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e776-e784

  Salvi, Sundeep ^a   Apte, Komalkirti ^a   Madas, Sapna ^a   Barne, Monica ^a   Chhowala, Sushmeeta ^b   Sethi, Tavpritesh ^c   Aggarwal, Kunal ^c   Agrawal, Anurag ^c   Gogtay, Jaideep ^b  

^a Chest Research Foundation   (India)

^b CIPLA LTD   (India)

^c CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMAN; INFANT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947437295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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