Delay in tuberculosis case-finding and treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-138

  Wandwalo, Eliud R ^a,b   Morkve O ^b,c  

^a Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Deaconess Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case finding; Delay; Tanzania; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034089058     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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