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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Treatment-Seeking Behavior Among Male Civil Servants in Northeastern Malaysia: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Pathman Arumugam, Tengku Alina Tengku Ismail, Aziah Daud, Kamarul Imran Musa, Noor Aman A Hamid, Shaiful Bahari Ismail, Zakiah Mohd Said

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pathman ArumugamSchool of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8584-2025
Tengku Alina Tengku IsmailSchool of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Aziah DaudSchool of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-2706-1175
Kamarul Imran MusaSchool of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Noor Aman A HamidSchool of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Shaiful Bahari IsmailSchool of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Zakiah Mohd SaidFamily Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya 62590, Malaysia.
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYMinistry of Health · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

MenMen's HealthPatient Acceptance of Health CareAdultHumansMalaysiaMaleQualitative ResearchYoung Adultcivil servantshealthcare utilizationmen’s healthtreatment-seeking behavior

Identifiers

PMID32326447
PMCPMC7216173
OpenAlexW3016593533

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