Pulmonary tuberculosis and health-seeking behaviour: How to get a delayed diagnosis in cali, colombia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-144

  Jaramillo, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Health seeking behaviour; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031915945     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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