Utilization of non-Ebola health care services during Ebola outbreaks: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Wilhelm, Jess Alan ^a   Helleringer, Stéphane ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85060959509     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.09.010406     Document Type: Article

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