Staff and patient attitudes to tuberculosis and compliance with treatment: An exploratory study in a district in Vietnam

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-183

  Johansson, E ^a   Diwan, V K ^a   Huong, N D ^b   Ahlberg, B M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Natl Inst of TB/Resp Diseases   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030005691     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(96)90035-0     Document Type: Article

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