An Epidemiological Approach to the Study Of Users and Nonusers of Child Health Services.
A case-comparison study was carried out in 1972 to determine the characteristics of users and nonusers of child health services. A sample of 529 mothers with children under five years of age (eligible children) residing in one poor barrio in Cali, Colombia was selected. The characteristics of mother...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 231 - 236 |
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American Public Health Association
Mar1978
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