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Health Seeking Behaviour and Utilization of Health Facilities for Schistosomiasis-Related Symptoms in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis causes long-term illness and significant economic burden. Morbidity control through integration within existing health care delivery systems is considered a potentially sustainable and cost-effective approach, but there is paucity of information about health-seeking behav...

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Autores principales:	Danso-Appiah, Anthony, Stolk, Wilma A., Bosompem, Kwabena M., Otchere, Joseph, Looman, Caspar W. N., Habbema, J. Dik F., de Vlas, Sake J.
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2010
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2970540/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000867

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