Pulmonary tuberculosis in Kweneng District, Botswana: Delays in diagnosis in 212 smear-positive patients

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 627-634

  Steen, T W ^a,b   Mazonde, G N ^a  

^a Kweneng District Council   (Botswana)

^b Fylkeslegen I Vest Agder ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Botswana; Delays; Diagnosis; Smear positive pulmonary TB

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031855717     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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