The cost of tuberculosis to patients in Sierra Leone's war zone

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 726-731

  Gibson, N ^a   Boillot, F ^b   Jalloh, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Unité Santé UE   (Haïti)

^c USAID ^*  (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Patient's perspective; Sierra Leone; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SIERRA LEONE; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SIERRA LEONE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WAR;

EID: 0031689718     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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