Tuberculosis: Reasons for diagnostic delay in Auckland

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1122, 2000, Pages 483-485

  Calder, Lester ^a,b   Gao, Wanzhen ^a   Simmons, Greg ^a  

^a Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034711554     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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