Factors affecting time delay to treatment in a tuberculosis control programme in a sub-Saharan African country: The experience of The Gambia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-239

  Lienhardt, C ^a   Rowley, J ^a   Manneh, K ^a   Lahai, G ^a   Needham, D ^a   Milligan, P ^a   McAdam, K P W J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; TB control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035030220     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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