Attitudes to compliance with tuberculosis treatment among women and men in Vietnam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 862-868

  Johansson, E ^a,b   Long, N H ^a,b,c   Diwan, V K ^a,d   Winkvist, A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compliance; Focus group discussion; Gender; Tuberculosis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREJUDICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 0032831565     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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