Care-seeking behavioural patterns, awareness and diagnostic processes in patients with smear- and culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Lagos, Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 614-616

  Enwuru, C A ^a   Odigbe, E O ^a   Ezeobi, N V ^b   Otegbeye, A F ^c  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Care seeking behaviour; Diagnosis; Knowledge; Nigeria; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; PATENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TIME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036880640     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90328-7     Document Type: Article

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